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EARTHQUAKE ›› 2024, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (2): 169-177.doi: 10.12196/j.issn.1000-3274.2024.02.012

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Study of Seismic Moment Tensor Inversion by Multi-point Sources for Jishishan MS6.2 Earthquake on December 18, 2023, in Gansu Province, China

LIU Jun-qing1, ZHANG Xiao-gang2, ZHANG Yu3, CAI Hong-lei3, CHEN Zhuo3, BAO Xiu-min4   

  1. 1. School of Geomatics and Prospecting Engineering, Jilin Jianzhu University, Changchun 130118, China;
    2. Basic Geographic Information Center of Jilin Province, Jilin Provincial Surveying and Mapping Archives Changchun 130062, China;
    3. Jilin Earthquake Agency, Changchun 130117, China;
    4. Shenyang Earthquake Monitoring Center Station, Liaoning Earthquake Agency, Shenyang 110161, China
  • Received:2024-01-22 Revised:2024-04-08 Online:2024-04-30 Published:2024-04-28

Abstract: Based on the observed seismograms from the regional broadband digital seismic network, the multi-point source seismic moment tensor inversion method is employed to perform the seismic moment tensor inversion for the 2023 Jishishan MS6.2 main earthquake in Gansu province, China. The results show that the NE dipping nodal surface (strike 312°, dip 48°, and rake 76°) of the focal mechanism solution is the seismogenic fault. The majority of seismic moments are released from the source to the ground surface along the direction of the slip vector of the focal mechanism solution (azimuth 236°, plunge 40.5°), and the main rupture lasts about 5.8 s. At the same time, the secondary bilateral rupture occurred on the fault plane in the rupture zone of the earthquake.

Key words: Jishishan MS6.2 earthquake, Seismic moment tensor, Multi-point source, Seismogenic tectonic

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