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GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
Volume 40, Issue 11, Pages 2661-2666Publisher
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50561
Keywords
low-frequency; earthquakes; tremor; slow-slip; mexico; subduction
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- Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France) [RA0000CO69]
- European Research Council [227507]
- PAPIIT (UNAM Mexico) [110611-3]
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We use visually-identified templates to perform a network waveform correlation search that produced similar to 17,000 robustly detected LFEs that form 15 distinct families. Stacking an LFE family's corresponding detections results in seismograms with high signal-to-noise ratios and clear P and S wave arrivals; we use these travel times to locate the sources. The resulting locations superpose a previously identified region of permanent non-volcanic tremor (NVT) activity. Husker et al. (2012) called this region a Sweet Spot, suggesting that the local conditions are adequate to continuously generate NVT. The LFE hypocenters have been located at a depth of 40-45km in an area that is surrounding the upper slab-plate interface. We characterize their focal mechanisms by comparing their stacked seismograms to synthetic seismograms. This analysis reveals a common low-dipping focal mechanism.
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