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JOURNAL OF SEISMOLOGY
Volume 21, Issue 2, Pages 277-286Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-016-9600-x
Keywords
Space-time seismicity model; Background seismicity; Annual cycles; Earthquake clusters; Strain waves; Amurian microplate
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- Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation [5.1771.2014/K]
- Russian Science Foundation, according to the Research Project [16-17-00015]
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In this paper, we aimed to investigate the statistical distributions of shallow earthquakes with 2 <= M <= 4 , located in 13 rectangular areas (clusters) bounded by 120 degrees E and 144 degrees E along the northern boundary of the Amurian microplate. As a result of our study, the displacement of seismicity maxima has been determined and three recurrent spatial cycles have been observed. The clusters with similar distribution of earthquakes are suggested to alternate being equally spaced at 7.26 degrees (360-420 km). A comparison of investigation results on the structure of seismicity in various segments of the Amurian microplate reveals the identity between the alternation pattern observed for meridional zones of large earthquakes and a distinguished spatial period. The displacement vector for seismicity in the annual cycles is determined, and the correspondence between its E-W direction and the displacement of the fronts of large earthquakes is established. The elaborated model of seismic and deformation processes is considered, in which subsequent activation of clusters of weak earthquakes (2 <= M <= 4), tending to extend from the Japanese-Sakhalin island arc to the eastern closure of the Baikal rift zone, is initiated by the displacement of the strain wave front.
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