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EARTHQUAKE ›› 2003, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (1): 23-28.

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Seismological evidence for active block boundary in China′s continent

CHEN Hua-ran1, MA Hong-sheng2, LI Yi-qun1, LI Li2, LIU Ai-ping1   

  1. 1. Seismological Bureau of Tianjin Municipality, Tianjin 300201, China;
    2. Center for Analysis and Prediction, CSB, Beijing 100036, China
  • Received:2002-03-25 Revised:2002-04-25 Online:2003-01-31 Published:2021-12-21

Abstract: Applying seismological parameters in China′s continent, such as intensity map of strong earthquakes, comprehensive isoseismic line map, aftershock distribution, the focus scale, seismic moment, seismic strain, energy, focal mechanism and epicenter distribution, et al., and through comprehensive integration, the seismic activity characteristics in China's continent are described. Comparing with the active blocks and their boundaries, it has been found that most of M>7 earthquakes distribute along these boundaries, which will be of great significance to deeply understand the characteristics and study the interaction between blocks and the relation with strong earthquakes.

Key words: active block, Seismic parameter, Comprehensive integration

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