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Source rupture process of the Tecomán, Colima, Mexico earthquake of January 22, 2003, determined by joint inversion of teleseismic body wave and near-source data. Yuji Yagi1), T. Mikumo2), J. Pacheco2), and Gabriel Reyes3) 1) International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Building Research Institute, 1 Tatehara, Tsukuba, Ibaraki-ken 305-0802, Japan 2) Instituto de Geofisica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico 04510 D.F., Mexico 3) Resco, Universidad de Colima, Colima, Mexico Submitted to the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 2003/05/07Abstract The spatial and temporal slip distribution of the Tecomán, Colima, Mexico earthquake is estimated from near-source strong motion and teleseismic body wave data. To perform stable inversion, we incorporated prior information into observed data, and determined the optimal relative weights of information from the observed data and prior constraints using an optimized Akaikes Bayesian Information Criterion (ABIC). The derived source parameters are as follows: (strike, dip, slip) = (300°, 20°, 93°), seismic moment Mo = 2.3 x 1020 Nm; source duration = 30 sec; fault length = 35 km; fault width = 70 km. We found that the rupture process can be divided into three stages: the rupture nucleated near the hypocenter (Stage I), then it broke the first asperity centering about 15 km southwest from the epicenter (Stage II); the rupture propagated to the northeast and second asperity was broken (Stage III). We also estimated the shear stress change due to the rupture process of the mainshock on and around the major fault zone. It appears that two clusters of aftershocks for the first 5 days took place mostly in and adjacent to the zones of stress increase due to the fault rupture during the mainshock. 1. Introduction On January 22, 2003, a powerful earthquake struck part of southern and central Mexico, killing at least 21 people and causing serious dam