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EARTHQUAKE ›› 2008, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (2): 29-38.

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Simultaneous inversion of small earthquakerelocation and velocity structure in Sichuan-Yunnan area

MA Hong-sheng1,2, ZHANG Guo-min1, ZHOU Long-quan3, LIU Jie3, SHAO Zhi-gang1, XIA Hong4   

  1. 1. Institute of Earthquake Science, CEA, Beijing 100036;
    2. Institute of Geophysics, CEA, Beijing 100081;
    3. China Earthquake Networks Center, CEA, Beijing 100045;
    4. China National Earthquake Response and Support Service, CEA, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2007-10-15 Revised:2008-01-21 Online:2008-04-30 Published:2021-10-29

Abstract: Using the data of P wave travel time recorded at Yunnan and Sichuan local networks from April 2000 to March 2006, we implemented a simultaneous inversion of earthquake relocation and velocity structure, and got the new location of 6642 small and medium earthquakes in Sichuan-Yunnan region. The results show that: ① There is an obvious relationship between the focal depth and the magnitude. The bigger the magnitude, the deeper the focal depth, but all the focal depths values are shallower than 25 km; ② There are few earthquakes occurred at the depth deeper than 15 km in regions west of Ruili-Longling, Lijiang-Xiaojinhe and Longmenshan faults; ③ Small and medium earthquakes have the similar seismogenic background as large earthquakes. Along the transitional zone of high velocity and low velocity, most of the earthquakes happened at the higher velocity side, and usually there is a low velocity zone below where earthquakes happened.

Key words: Sichuan-Yunnan area, Simultaneous inversion, Earthquake relocation, Velocity structure

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