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EARTHQUAKE ›› 2011, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (3): 77-91.

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Preliminary Comparison of Seismicity between Eastern Asia, Western Asia and Eastern Mediterranean Region

LU Xiao-jian, SHAO Zhi-gang, HAO Ping, CHEN Dan, FU Zhang-xiang   

  1. Institute of Earthquake Science, CEA, Beijing 100036, China
  • Received:2010-09-01 Revised:2011-03-14 Published:2021-09-09

Abstract: this paper compares the seismicity between eastern Asia, western Asia and eastern Mediterranean regions. Seismicity includes not only the analysis of earthquake time-space-magnitude distribution pattern, but also the structure and dynamic background. The synthetic analyses show that seismicity and deformation of eastern Asia, western Asia and eastern Mediterranean region are closely related to the interaction(convergence collision, subduction and velocity) between Eurasia plate and surrounding plate (North America, Pacific, Philippine sea, India, Arab and Africa plate). There are macroscopic earthquake epicenter distributions with a pattern of alternate contraction and dissipation, and symmetrical fault trends in the eastern Asia, western Asia and eastern Mediterranean region. But there are some differences for seismicity and dynamic background in the plate boundary and inland area of these regions.

Key words: Seismicity, Eastern Asia, Western Asia, Eastern Mediterranean region

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