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EARTHQUAKE ›› 2019, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (1): 146-154.

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Effect of the 2010 Maule Mw8.8 Earthquake on the Seismicity around its Rupture Zone

WU An-xu1, CHEN Xue-zhong2, LI Yan-e2   

  1. 1.Beijing Earthquake Agency, Beijing 100080, China;
    2.Institue of Geophysics, CEA, Beijing 100081, China
  • Received:2018-07-06 Published:2019-01-31

Abstract: The occurrence of a strong earthquake is known to be related to the increase of stress in the crust. The Coulomb stress change has been used to investigate the stress changes in the crust imparted by a strong earthquake. There has been no earthquake of M6.0 in the region south of the rupture zone since the 2010 MW8.8 Maule earthquake occurred, while eight earthquakes of M6.0 have occurred in the region north of the rupture zone, including the 2015 MW8.3 Illapel earthquake. Seismicity in the two regions contrasts sharply. In this paper, the Coulomb stress change is used to investigate the stress changes imparted by the 2010 Maule,Chile MW8.8 earthquake in the two regions. The results show that the Coulomb stress change imparted by the 2010 MW8.8 Maule earthquake is positive to promote the rupture of earthquakes around north of the rupture zone, and negative to inhibit the rupture of earthquakes in the south.

Key words: the 2010 Maule earthquake, Triggered seismicity, Coulomb stress changes

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