Possible triggering of solar activity to big earthquakes (Ms ≥ 8) in faults with near west-east strike in China

A big earthquake (Ms = 8.1) occurred at western Kunlun Mts gap on November 14, 2001. It is the biggest earthquake in China in the past 50 years and the only one with a magnitude bigger than 8 in China after Dangxiong Earthquake (M = 8) in Tibet in 1951. The big earthquake has drawn wide attention of scientists in seismological, geophysical, geological and astro-geodynamic circles. Scientists are interested in the occurrence regularity of the very big earthquakes and try to find out the fac…     

A preliminary study of post-seismic effects of radon following the Ms 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake

The observation data for radon from national geochemical observation points have been collected and analyzed following the Ms 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake on 12th May, 2008 and a post-seismic effect of radon was observed. It has provided the most abundant record since the radon observation network had been set up in china. In this paper, the behaviour of the post-seismic effects of radon gas and water radon is reported. The results were obtained that observation points recording post-seismic effects of radon release were distributed mainly along the extended line of Longmenshan faults, and located on the boundary faults of regional tectonic blocks (Category II) and inside some tectonic blocks (Category II). The pattern of variation in radon emission observed was largely in the form of rising steps. A comparison was made with the variation of water level and flow observed simultaneously with radon measurement, to investigate a dynamic link with post-seismic radon with underground water conditions. This study confirmed a response of radon concentration to the seismic wave, and also raised other scientific issues, such as the dynamic association between geochemical composition of underground water and medium parameter variation of aquifers under dynamic loading, which may support the study of the mechanism of earthquake precursors of radon.     

Anomalous change of groundwater radon concentration monitored at Nakaizu well in 2011

An anomalous increase in radon concentration was measured at the Nakaizu observatory on the Izu Peninsula prior to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake using a custom-made radon counter. Since the increase was more than three times the standard deviation of radon concentration variations over 35 years of recorded data, it is considered likely that it is a precursor to the earthquake. Following the earthquake, the radon concentration decreased exponentially to the background level. The anomalous increase is explained using a modified volatilization model containing three important aquifer parameters: the groundwater saturation ratio, the fracture surface area per unit volume, and the porosity. The modified model can also explain the radon concentration behavior prior to the 1978 Izu-Oshima-Kinkai earthquake.     

Selectivity of seismic electric signal (SES) of the 2000 Izu earthquake swarm: a 3D FEM numerical simulation model

Although seismic electric signal (SES) has been used for short-term prediction of earthquakes, selectivity of SES still remains as one of the mysterious features. As a case study, we made a numerical simulation based on a 3D finite element method (FEM) on the selectivity of SES observed in the case of the 2000 Izu earthquake swarm. Our numerical results indicated that the existence of conductive channel under Niijima island could explain the reported SES selectivity.     

预警的概念及相关物理问题

预警是现代社会减轻自然灾害的工作中最重要的物理概念之一,也是在预测/预报的物理问题没有得到解决的情况下最具实际意义的技术之一.文章介绍了与预警有关的概念和物理问题,包括预报和预警的概念,现地预警和异地预警,讨论了不同领域的预警技术中共同的物理问题,包括“有限传播”原理、“连锁效应”原理、“相似放大”原理,以及实际工作对预警系统的主要技术要求.     

遥感技术在孝丰-三门湾活动断裂调查中的应用——以杭州地区为例

遥感技术可以在宏观上对活动断裂及其构造特征进行全面的解译和识别．在区域遥感影像图制作和地质解译的基础上，采用增强和融合等图像处理方法，提高了遥感影像清晰度和解译精度，同时结合野外调查、测量以及断裂活动年代样品的采集和测定，对孝丰-三门湾断裂进行了详细的研究，查明了它的空间展布，并鉴定了活动时代和运动性质．研究结果表明，孝丰-三门湾断裂在杭州地区以挤压逆冲运动为主，兼有左旋走滑运动，并在各个地段和各个时期表现形式截然不同，影响了杭州南部地区地层沉积和构造演化．该断裂对杭州地区历史地震和现代地震具备一定的控制作用，可能在晚更新世以来有过活动．     

海啸、地震海啸与海啸地震

简要地介绍了海啸与地震海啸的成因、特点,分析了影响地震海啸的重要因素,阐述了海啸预警的物理基础.以2004年12月26日苏门答腊-安达曼MW9.0特大地震及其激发的印度洋特大海啸为例,说明除了地震的大小、地震机制、震源深度以外,震源破裂过程也是影响地震激发海啸的重要因素.通过对苏门答腊-安达曼特大地震及2005年3月28日苏门答腊北部特大地震进行分析对比,探讨了海啸地震的特征,阐明了进一步深入研究海啸地震的特征及其激发海啸的机制对于预防和减轻海啸灾害的重要意义.     

Assessing Earthquake Forecast Performance Based on b Value in Yunnan Province,China

Many studies have shown that b values tend to decrease prior to large earthquakes. To evaluate the forecast information in b value variations, we conduct a systematic assessment in Yunnan Province, China, where the seismicity is intense and moderate–large earthquakes occur frequently. The catalog in the past two decades is divided into four time periods (January 2000–December 2004, January 2005–December 2009, January 2010–December 2014, and January 2015–December 2019). The spatial b values are calculated for each 5-year span and then are used to forecast moderate-large earthquakes (M ≥ 5.0) in the subsequent period. As the fault systems in Yunnan Province are complex, to avoid possible biases in b value computation caused by different faulting regimes when using the grid search, the hierarchical space–time point-process models (HIST-PPM) proposed by Ogata are utilized to estimate spatial b values in this study. The forecast performance is tested by Molchan error diagram (MED) and the efficiency is quantified by probability gain (PG) and probability difference (PD). It is found that moderate–large earthquakes are more likely to occur in low b regions. The MED analysis shows that there is considerable precursory information in spatial b values and the forecast efficiency increases with magnitude in the Yunnan Province. These results suggest that the b value might be useful in middle- and long-term earthquake forecasts in the study area.     

剪切模量是幂函数的成层土的地震随机反应

基于改进的一维剪切梁模型，对剪切模量是其深度的某一幂函数的成层非均质土层，得到其稳态动力响应的封闭型解析表达式。首次证明了这种土层振型函数的正交性，然后利用随机振动理论，并基于基岩输入地震加速度的功率谱密度函数：白噪声谱和过滤白噪声谱。研究了该土层对地震的随机动力响应问题。计算结果表明，1)在基岩输入地震加速度的功率谱为白噪声谱的情况下，土层的最大期望反应均有别于过滤白噪声谱时的相应值；2)平稳输入与输出过高地估计了土层的随机响应。     

滚珠式基座抗震楼的模拟实验

设计了滚珠式基座抗震楼的模拟实验,通过滚珠基座内滚珠的滚动来降低地震时横波和面波所产生的破坏作用.模拟地震实验证明滚珠式基座可以减弱地震对房屋的破坏.