Variations in apparent stress and b value in the rupture area before the 2019 MS6.0 Changning earthquake
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摘要: 视应力和b值都可以反映地壳应力变化。当应力增加时,视应力会增加,而b值降低。因此,应力变化将导致视应力和b值之间呈负相关关系,即,根据视应力和b值之间的负相关关系可以研究地壳构造应力的变化。本文利用2000年1月—2019年12月长宁MS6.0地震破裂区内3.0≤ML≤3.6地震的视应力和2.0≤ML≤4.3地震目录,研究了视应力和b值随时间的变化,发现:2013年2月—2017年3月间,视应力呈趋势上升变化,历时约4年,在震前两年时间内,视应力仍维持在较高水平。在视应力呈趋势上升变化期间,b值则呈趋势下降变化。当视应力维持在较高水平时,b值则维持在较低水平。即,长宁MS6.0地震发生前,破裂区内视应力增加,同时b值下降。这表明,2019年长宁MS6.0地震发生前破裂区内存在明显的构造应力增加过程,对地震孕育过程的认识和地震预测研究都具有启示意义。Abstract: Both apparent stress and b value can reveal stress changes in the crust. As the stress increases, the apparent stress increases and the b value decreases. Therefore, the stress variation could result in a negative correlation between apparent stress and b value so that the variation of crustal tectonic stress can be investigated according to this negative correlation. In present study, on the basis of apparent stresses for earthquakes (3.0≤ML≤3.6)and earthquakes (2.0≤ML≤4.3)occurring in the aftershock region of the 2019 MS6.0 Changning earthquake from January 2000 to December 2019, we analyzed the temporal evolutions of the apparent stress and b value. It was found that from February 2013 to March 2017, the apparent stress showed a rising trend lasting for about 4 years. Within the two years before the earthquake, the apparent stress remained at a higher level. During the period when the apparent stress was increasing, b value was decreasing. When the apparent stress maintained at a higher level, b value maintained at a lower level with no distinct change. That is, before the Changning MS6.0 earthquake occurred, the apparent stress in the rupture zone increased, while the b value decreased. It indicates that there is an obvious increase of the tectonic stress in the fracture zone before the MS6.0 Changning earthquake, which has important implications for the understanding of earthquake gestation process and earthquake prediction.
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Key words:
- Changning MS6.0 earthquake /
- apparent stress /
- b value /
- rupture area
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图 1 (a)长宁地震余震空间分布(2019年6月17日—7月31日,ML≥0.0)以及全球质心矩张量解(沙滩球,箭头表示断层面错动方向); (b)长宁地震以及历史上发生的MS≥6.0地震(“○”)。F1:华蓉山断裂带;F2:马边—盐津断裂带;F3:莲峰断裂带;F4:峨边—金阳断裂带。 “☆”为长宁地震震中
Figure 1. (a)Spatial distribution of epicenters of ML≥ 0.0 aftershocks that occurred from June 17,2019 to July 31,2019 and the GCMT solution for the June 17,2019 Changning MS6.0 earthquake(beach ball,arrows indicate the slipping direction of the focal fault) . F1 indicates the Huarongshan fault;F2 indicates the Mabian-Yanjin fault;F3 indicates the Lianfeng fault and F4 indicates the Ebian-Jinyang fault. The star shows the epicenter of the Changning earthquake
图 6 b值(黑色实线)随时间的变化。以400次地震为滑动窗口计算b值,20次地震滑动。 “↓”标注长宁MS6.0地震发生时间。 “○”为视应力的30个事件平均值
Figure 6. b value(the black solid line)as a function of time obtained by applying a sliding time window of 400 events moved by 20 events. The down arrow“↓” shows the original time of the Changning MS6.0 main event. The circle “○” denotes the 30-event mean of the apparent stress
表 1 地震矩、地震能量和视应力计算结果
Table 1. Calculated seismic moment,seismic energy and apparent stress for the studied earthquakes
序号 年-月-日 纬度/°N 经度/°W ML 地震矩/(×1015 N•m) Es/(×1011 N•m) σapp/bar 1 2002-04-29 28.42 104.70 3.8 1.70000 0.04940 0.82 2 2003-03-08 28.37 104.80 3.2 0.31500 0.00992 0.97 3 2003-06-23 28.47 104.80 3.4 0.36500 0.00615 0.45 4 2005-02-05 28.32 104.93 3.2 0.19700 0.00475 0.57 5 2005-12-19 28.27 104.97 3.5 0.46800 0.01510 0.88 6 2006-04-02 28.37 105.02 3.4 0.28200 0.00463 0.36 7 2006-04-28 28.38 104.88 3.0 0.14900 0.00303 0.36 8 2006-07-12 28.37 104.88 3.0 0.09780 0.00066 0.18 9 2006-08-01 28.33 104.98 3.9 2.22000 0.17300 1.69 10 2006-08-01 28.27 104.98 4.0 3.01000 0.24200 2.09 11 2006-08-25 28.38 104.85 3.0 0.09770 0.00040 0.12 12 2006-08-27 28.35 104.97 3.0 0.19800 0.00614 0.56 13 2006-10-30 28.33 104.92 3.3 0.28900 0.00498 0.42 14 2006-10-02 28.33 104.90 3.1 0.19600 0.00338 0.42 15 2006-10-30 28.33 104.92 3.3 0.29100 0.00500 0.41 16 2006-11-24 28.30 104.92 3.0 0.17000 0.00183 0.26 17 2007-01-04 28.37 104.95 3.8 1.13000 0.08600 1.83 18 2007-01-11 28.33 104.87 3.4 0.47900 0.01740 0.81 19 2007-01-27 28.35 105.03 3.4 0.43700 0.01400 0.65 20 2007-03-12 28.37 104.98 3.4 0.34800 0.00541 0.36 21 2007-04-22 28.32 104.92 3.6 0.65100 0.02610 0.93 22 2007-04-23 28.35 104.90 3.4 0.40100 0.01190 0.70 23 2007-04-24 28.40 105.00 3.3 0.52900 0.01330 0.58 24 2007-04-25 28.33 104.95 3.6 0.63200 0.02440 0.92 25 2007-05-08 28.33 105.00 3.4 0.43900 0.01140 0.73 26 2007-05-10 28.30 104.93 3.0 0.10800 0.00096 0.21 27 2007-05-31 28.33 104.98 3.2 0.22200 0.00451 0.38 28 2007-06-18 28.35 104.85 3.9 1.32000 0.13600 2.10 29 2007-06-19 28.32 104.95 3.2 0.19200 0.00324 0.35 30 2007-06-19 28.30 104.95 3.1 0.16100 0.00139 0.23 31 2007-06-19 28.28 104.95 3.8 0.72000 0.04040 1.32 32 2007-08-08 28.30 104.95 3.6 0.94800 0.06620 1.54 33 2007-08-14 28.30 104.92 4.1 2.50000 0.34700 3.53 34 2007-08-14 28.30 104.92 3.6 0.52200 0.02570 1.19 35 2007-08-16 28.30 104.90 3.8 1.12000 0.08000 1.88 36 2007-08-29 28.50 104.77 3.2 0.13000 0.00097 0.19 37 2007-09-13 28.32 104.88 3.2 0.17900 0.00283 0.38 38 2007-09-17 28.30 104.90 3.1 0.16900 0.00260 0.37 39 2007-09-22 28.33 104.88 3.1 0.25900 0.00433 0.39 40 2007-10-06 28.33 104.98 4.2 2.38000 0.33700 3.21 41 2007-10-10 28.33 104.92 3.1 0.09500 0.00076 0.26 42 2007-10-12 28.37 104.88 3.4 0.14100 0.00216 0.43 43 2007-10-22 28.38 104.88 3.4 0.15600 0.00153 0.31 44 2007-10-22 28.37 104.87 3.2 0.08260 0.00062 0.23 45 2007-10-24 28.37 104.88 3.2 0.09460 0.00099 0.29 46 2007-10-24 28.38 104.88 3.4 0.09630 0.00096 0.28 47 2007-11-01 28.38 104.87 3.0 0.06190 0.00043 0.19 48 2007-11-11 28.38 104.88 3.9 0.76600 0.02600 0.91 49 2007-11-11 28.37 104.88 3.3 0.15000 0.00165 0.33 50 2008-02-01 28.33 104.88 4.8 6.09000 1.31000 5.82 51 2008-02-02 28.38 104.95 3.2 0.11300 0.00136 0.34 52 2008-02-05 28.37 104.85 3.2 0.07250 0.00068 0.28 53 2008-02-05 28.38 104.88 3.2 0.11600 0.00106 0.27 54 2008-02-14 28.37 104.83 3.8 0.47700 0.01720 0.94 55 2008-02-14 28.37 104.83 3.3 0.14800 0.00141 0.26 56 2008-02-20 28.48 104.73 3.4 0.14000 0.00169 0.30 57 2008-07-19 28.35 104.92 3.0 0.09600 0.00085 0.25 58 2008-08-29 28.37 104.88 3.8 0.21100 0.00441 0.60 59 2009-01-01 28.37 104.85 3.5 0.24200 0.00559 0.48 60 2009-06-10 28.33 104.88 3.4 0.33500 0.00971 0.78 61 2009-06-12 28.35 104.83 3.0 0.08640 0.00061 0.16 62 2009-11-27 28.37 104.88 3.0 0.08240 0.00089 0.31 63 2010-03-26 28.37 104.88 3.1 0.06990 0.00055 0.21 64 2010-07-16 28.42 104.88 4.0 0.72100 0.05110 2.04 65 2010-08-25 28.37 104.88 3.0 0.05210 0.00031 0.18 66 2010-10-01 28.37 104.90 3.2 0.12400 0.00153 0.28 67 2010-10-06 28.37 104.92 4.6 3.24000 0.88000 7.42 68 2010-10-24 28.37 104.88 3.2 0.11800 0.00212 0.51 69 2010-12-03 28.32 104.92 3.7 1.63000 0.21000 3.15 70 2011-04-30 28.37 104.92 3.8 0.72500 0.05780 2.09 71 2011-04-30 28.35 104.92 3.4 0.37600 0.01600 1.03 72 2011-06-02 28.33 104.92 3.9 1.05000 0.08740 2.19 73 2011-06-26 28.37 104.92 4.3 1.79000 0.18800 2.78 74 2011-10-05 28.35 104.88 3.3 0.17900 0.00195 0.31 75 2012-04-09 28.38 104.93 4.1 1.43000 0.13800 2.41 76 2012-07-26 28.38 104.83 3.0 0.08700 0.00109 0.41 77 2012-07-28 28.42 104.83 4.0 0.74800 0.04720 1.78 78 2012-07-29 28.38 104.83 3.4 0.21400 0.00559 0.78 79 2012-07-31 28.38 104.85 3.5 0.25900 0.00460 0.52 80 2012-07-31 28.40 104.83 3.1 0.08510 0.00063 0.22 81 2012-08-07 28.42 104.83 3.3 0.12000 0.00199 0.50 82 2012-08-13 28.38 104.83 3.3 0.15100 0.00307 0.61 83 2012-10-19 28.35 104.88 3.2 0.13700 0.00230 0.45 84 2013-02-12 28.32 104.87 3.1 0.14800 0.00226 0.32 85 2013-02-19 28.30 104.90 4.5 5.76000 2.54000 10.81 86 2013-02-27 28.33 104.88 3.1 0.13000 0.00165 0.28 87 2013-04-25 28.40 104.90 5.2 13.50000 7.21000 16.14 88 2013-04-25 28.40 104.90 4.7 6.43000 1.47000 6.29 89 2013-04-25 28.40 104.80 3.7 0.51400 0.03350 1.63 90 2013-05-07 28.35 104.87 4.0 1.04000 0.08780 2.64 91 2013-07-17 28.33 104.88 3.7 0.49300 0.02150 1.24 92 2013-10-09 28.38 104.90 3.4 0.28500 0.00588 0.53 93 2013-10-09 28.37 104.90 3.3 0.29200 0.00898 0.74 94 2013-11-26 28.37 104.90 3.1 0.14300 0.00151 0.32 95 2014-01-14 28.33 104.93 3.6 0.43000 0.01560 0.96 96 2014-05-08 28.33 104.92 3.3 0.17000 0.00356 0.64 97 2014-05-20 28.37 104.92 3.2 0.19500 0.00263 0.38 98 2014-07-18 28.42 104.87 3.3 0.18100 0.00341 0.48 99 2014-07-20 28.42 104.87 3.0 0.10300 0.00136 0.37 100 2014-08-24 28.40 104.87 3.3 0.17200 0.00421 0.67 101 2015-01-28 28.38 104.88 3.2 0.15800 0.00190 0.33 102 2015-01-28 28.37 104.95 3.9 0.98500 0.04980 1.35 103 2015-02-07 28.37 104.90 4.8 9.06000 4.23000 12.60 104 2015-02-07 28.37 104.90 3.8 0.79100 0.03910 1.38 105 2015-02-08 28.37 104.87 3.6 0.36100 0.00825 0.67 106 2015-03-25 28.42 104.82 3.6 0.26600 0.00902 0.94 107 2015-06-26 28.42 104.80 3.0 0.07180 0.00094 0.36 108 2015-08-27 28.35 104.88 3.0 0.10100 0.00143 0.41 109 2015-10-13 28.37 104.90 3.0 0.09750 0.00092 0.28 110 2015-11-30 28.37 104.97 4.0 1.15000 0.13200 2.18 111 2016-04-19 28.38 104.93 3.4 0.13617 0.00966 1.13 112 2016-05-06 28.40 104.82 3.4 0.18485 0.01218 1.16 113 2016-05-06 28.32 104.87 3.1 0.09556 0.00280 0.54 114 2016-05-13 28.42 104.82 3.3 0.12755 0.00612 0.83 115 2016-06-08 28.43 104.80 3.7 0.44057 0.02946 1.46 116 2016-09-29 28.37 104.77 3.1 0.16027 0.00140 0.25 117 2017-01-10 28.38 104.87 3.4 0.17383 0.01189 1.18 118 2017-03-24 28.40 104.92 3.0 0.05497 0.00180 0.51 119 2017-09-21 28.37 104.92 3.1 0.07322 0.00044 0.15 120 2017-09-26 28.35 104.92 3.2 0.07415 0.00129 0.34 121 2017-10-07 28.33 104.92 3.0 0.05087 0.00078 0.28 122 2018-05-04 28.39 104.78 3.4 0.11429 0.00655 0.91 123 2018-05-05 28.38 104.78 4.1 0.84966 0.07271 2.07 124 2018-07-20 28.38 104.77 3.0 0.05471 0.00074 0.26 125 2019-01-04 28.37 104.93 3.8 0.60231 0.01994 0.99 126 2019-01-11 28.37 104.93 3.2 0.10925 0.00201 0.55 127 2019-06-25 28.42 104.79 3.5 0.17094 0.00524 0.92 128 2019-06-26 28.39 104.81 3.9 0.44749 0.02130 1.43 129 2019-06-27 28.43 104.80 3.9 0.44841 0.03550 2.38 130 2019-06-27 28.40 104.80 3.5 0.19787 0.00692 1.05 131 2019-06-29 28.43 104.76 3.9 0.42287 0.02785 1.98 132 2019-06-30 28.43 104.77 3.5 0.18370 0.00450 0.73 133 2019-06-30 28.44 104.81 3.7 0.24911 0.01514 1.82 134 2019-09-06 28.44 104.80 4.2 1.45710 0.19122 3.94 135 2019-09-12 28.43 104.75 4.2 1.47620 0.11941 2.43 136 2019-10-08 28.42 104.78 3.1 0.05254 0.00064 0.36 137 2019-10-11 28.38 104.88 3.0 0.03282 0.00031 0.28 138 2019-10-11 28.38 104.87 3.2 0.06746 0.00089 0.40 139 2019-10-14 28.38 104.87 3.0 0.03307 0.00020 0.19 140 2019-10-17 28.42 104.78 3.2 0.06183 0.00101 0.49 141 2019-10-19 28.35 104.87 3.1 0.11221 0.00107 0.29 142 2019-10-19 28.43 104.72 3.5 0.11758 0.00440 1.12 143 2019-10-21 28.37 104.93 4.1 1.31820 0.07721 1.76 144 2019-10-27 28.40 104.82 3.1 0.07797 0.00060 0.23 145 2019-11-02 28.43 104.68 3.3 0.16523 0.00155 0.28 146 2019-11-05 28.43 104.82 3.1 0.06625 0.00042 0.19 147 2019-11-07 28.37 104.97 3.8 0.39347 0.01673 1.27 148 2019-11-10 28.45 104.78 3.0 0.04824 0.00029 0.18 149 2019-11-10 28.43 104.73 3.9 0.37509 0.01934 1.55 150 2019-11-14 28.38 104.93 3.6 0.21461 0.00484 0.68 151 2019-11-14 28.38 104.95 3.0 0.02971 0.00014 0.14 152 2019-11-21 28.45 104.77 3.2 0.06371 0.00054 0.25 153 2019-11-27 28.37 104.93 4.3 1.54160 0.12428 2.42 154 2019-12-23 28.43 104.77 3.4 0.11617 0.00193 0.50 155 2019-12-26 28.43 104.82 3.8 0.42082 0.00892 0.64 156 2019-12-29 28.38 104.93 4.1 0.65687 0.02621 1.20 -
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