《Aftershock sequence simulations using synthetic earthquakes and rate-state seismicity formulation》.pdfVIP

EarthqSci(2014)27(4)：401．410 DOIl0．1007／sl1589—0l4—0087—7 Aftershock sequencesimulationsusingsyntheticearthquakes andrate·stateseismicityformulation HemingXu ·YifengCui。JamesH．Dieterich。 Keith Richards—Dinger ·EfeeanPoyraz’ DongJuChoi Received：27November2013／Accepted：7May2014／Publishedonline：11July2014 ⑥ TheSeismologicalSocietyofChina，InstituteofGeophysics，ChinaEarthquakeAdministrationandSpringer。VerlagBerlinHeidelberg2014 Abstract W euseanem cientearthquakesimulatorthat simulatorand the seismicity equationsbasedon therate ‘ incorporates rate—state constitutive properties and uses staterfictionnucleationofearthquakearewellpositedto boundaryelementmethodtodiscretizethefaultsurfaces， characterizetheaflershockdistributioninregionalassess— to generatethe synthetic earthquakesin thefaultsystem． mentsofearthquakeprobabilities． Rateand—state seismicity equation is subsequently employed tocalculatetheseismicity rate in aregion of Keywords Earthquakesimulator ‘Rate。。and—s‘tate interestusingtheCoulomb stresstrans．ferfrom themain seismicity ·Aflershock shocksinthefaultsystem．TheCoulombstresstransferis obtainedbyresolvingtheinducedstressesduetothefault patch slipsonto the optimal—oriented faultplanes．The 1 Intr0ducti0n exampleresultsshow thatimmediately afteramainshock the aftershocksare concentrated in the vicinity ofthe Earthquakes occur in response to continuous tectonic ruptureareaduetopositivestresstransfersandthen dis— forcing and rfom interactions among elements offault perseaway intothesurroundingregiontowardtheback— networksthatslipandtransferstresses．Followingalarge ground rate distribution．Thenumberofaftershocksnear earthquakeoccurrenceofaftershocksintimeandspaceis theruptureregionisofundtodecay withtimeasOmori relatedtothatmainshock．Thoseaftershockscould1astfor aflershockdecay law predicts．Theexampleresultsdem— daysoryearsand pose asseismic