Study on the Potential Strong‐Earthquake Risk for the Eastern Boundary of the Sichuan‐Yunnan Active Faulted‐Block, China
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- 1 November 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Chinese Journal of Geophysics
- Vol. 51 (6) , 1151-1158
Abstract
Taking the eastern boundary of the Sichuan‐Yunnan active faulted‐block in southwestern China as an example, the spatial stress distribution and potential strong‐earthquake risk have been studied based on detailed b value calculation from seismic data of the last 31 years. The main results show: (1) The spatial distribution of b values displays significant heterogeneity for various faults and fault‐segments of the eastern boundary of the Sichuan‐Yunnan active faulted‐block, which reflects the spatial difference of cumulative stress level along the boundary fault zones. (2) There are several asperities, one located at Songming on Xiaojiang main fault, one between Qiaojia and Dongchuan, and one at northwestern Songming near the main fault, two near Mianning on Anninghe fault and near Xichang on Zemuhe fault, and a large‐scale one from Daofu to Qianning on centralsouthern portion of the Xianshuihe fault. The asperities may be the potential seismogenic sources of large or strong earthquakes along the eastern‐boundary in the near future.Keywords
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