scholarly journals ESTIMATION OF STATIC COULOMB STRESS CHANGE AND STRONG MOTION SIMULATION FOR JIUZHAIGOU 7.0 EARTHQUAKE BASE ON SENTINEL-1 INSAR DATA INVERSION

2018 ◽  
Vol XLII-3 ◽  
pp. 1533-1537
Author(s):  
W. H. Shen ◽  
Y. Luo ◽  
Q. S. Jiao
Keyword(s):  
Ground Motion ◽  
Static Stress ◽  
Peak Ground Velocity ◽  
Coseismic Deformation ◽  
Coulomb Stress ◽  
Slip Model ◽  
Ground Acceleration ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Finite Fault ◽  
Stress Changes

On August 8, 2017, an earthquake of M&amp;thinsp;7.0 occurred at Jiuzhaigou. Based on the Sentinel-1 satellite InSAR data, we obtained coseismic deformation field and inverted the source slip model. Results show that this event is dominated by strike slip, and the total released seismic moment is 8.06&amp;thinsp;&amp;times;&amp;thinsp;1018&amp;thinsp;Nm, equivalent to an earthquake of <i>M<sub>w</sub></i>&amp;thinsp;~&amp;thinsp;6.57. We calculated static stress changes along strike and dip direction, and the static stress analysis show that the average stress drop are at low level, which may be responsible for the low level of ground motion during Jiuzhaigou earthquake. The coseismic Coulomb stress changes are calculated base on the inverted slip model, which revealed that 82.59&amp;thinsp;% of aftershocks are located in the Coulomb stress increasing area, 78.42&amp;thinsp;% of total aftershocks may be triggered by the mainshock aftershock, indicating that the mainshock has a significant triggering effect on the subsequent aftershocks. Based on stochastic finite fault model, we simulated regional peak ground acceleration (PGA), peak ground velocity (PGV) and the intensity, and results could capture basic features associated with the ground motion patterns. Moreover, the simulated results reflect the obvious rupture directivity effect.

3D Nonlinear Ground‐Motion Simulation Using a Physics‐Based Method for the Kinburn Basin

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amin Esmaeilzadeh ◽  
Dariush Motazedian ◽  
Jim Hunter
Keyword(s):  
Shear Wave ◽  
Ground Motion ◽  
Seismic Waves ◽  
Peak Ground Velocity ◽  
Ground Acceleration ◽  
Low Frequencies ◽  
Wave Velocities ◽  
Shear Wave Velocities ◽  
Nonlinear Viscoelastic ◽  
Finite Fault

Abstract We used a finite‐difference modeling method, developed by Olsen–Day–Cui, to simulate nonlinear‐viscoelastic basin effects in a spectral frequency range of 0.1–1 Hz in the Kinburn bedrock topographic basin, Ottawa, Canada, for large earthquakes. The geotechnical and geological features of the study area are unique: loose, postglacial sediments with very low shear‐wave velocities (<200  m/s) overlying very firm bedrock with high shear‐wave velocities (>2000  m/s). Comparing records and simulated velocity time series showed regular viscoelastic simulations could model the ground motions at the rock and soil sites in the Kinburn basin for the Ladysmith earthquake, a local earthquake occurred on 17 May 2013 with Mw 4.7 (MN 5.2). The Ladysmith earthquake was scaled to provide a strong level of shaking for investigating the nonlinear behavior of soil; therefore, a new nonlinear‐viscoelastic subroutine was introduced to the program. A modeled stress–strain relationship associated with ground‐motion modeling in the Kinburn basin using a scaled Ladysmith earthquake event of Mw 7.5 followed Masing’s rules. Using nonlinear‐viscoelastic ground‐motion simulations significantly reduced the amplitude of the horizontal component of the Fourier spectrum at low frequencies and the predicted peak ground acceleration and peak ground velocity values compared with regular linear viscoelastic simulations; hence, the lower soil amplification of seismic waves and the frequency and amplitude spectral content were altered by the nonlinear soil behavior. In addition, using a finite‐fault model to simulate an earthquake with Mw 7.5 was necessary to predict the higher levels of stresses and strains, which were generated in the basin. Using a finite‐fault source for the nonlinear‐viscoelastic simulation caused decreases in the horizontal components because of the shear modulus reduction and increase of damping.

Source modelling and strong ground motion simulations for the 24 January 2020, Mw 6.8 Elazığ earthquake, Turkey

2020 ◽  
Vol 223 (2) ◽  
pp. 1054-1068 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniele Cheloni ◽  
Aybige Akinci
Keyword(s):  
Ground Motion ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Main Shock ◽  
Peak Ground Velocity ◽  
Coulomb Stress ◽  
Epicentral Area ◽  
Fault Segment ◽  
Ground Motion Simulations ◽  
Finite Fault ◽  
Motion Characteristics

SUMMARY On 24 January 2020 an Mw 6.8 earthquake occurred at 20:55 local time (17:55 UTC) in eastern Turkey, close to the town of Sivrice in the Elazığ province, causing widespread considerable seismic damage in buildings. In this study, we analyse the main features of the rupture process and the seismic ground shaking during the Elazığ earthquake. We first use Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) interferograms (Sentinel-1 satellites) to constrain the fault geometry and the coseismic slip distribution of the causative fault segment. Then, we utilize this information to analyse the ground motion characteristics of the main shock in terms of peak ground acceleration (PGA), peak ground velocity (PGV) and spectral accelerations. The absence of seismic registrations in near-field for this earthquake imposes major constraints on the computation of seismic ground motion estimations in the study area. To do this, we have used a stochastic finite-fault simulation method to generate high-frequency ground motions synthetics for the Mw 6.8 Elazığ 2020 earthquake. Finally, we evaluate the potential state of stress of the unruptured portions of the causative fault segment as well as of adjacent segments, using the Coulomb stress failure function variations. Modelling of geodetic data shows that the 2020 Elazığ earthquake ruptured two major slip patches (for a total length of about 40 km) located along the Pütürge segment of the well-known left-lateral strike-slip East Anatolian Fault Zone (EAFZ), with up to 2.3 m of slip and an estimated geodetic moment of 1.70 $\,\, \times $ 1019 Nm (equivalent to a Mw 6.8). The position of the hypocentre supports the evidence of marked WSW rupture directivity during the main shock. In terms of ground motion characteristics, we observe that the high-frequency stochastic ground motion simulations have a good capability to reproduce the source complexity and capture the ground motion attenuation decay as a function of distance, up to the 200 km. We also demonstrate that the design spectra corresponding to 475 yr return period, provided by the new Turkish building code is not exceeded by the simulated seismograms in the epicentral area where there are no strong motion stations and no recordings available. Finally, based on the Coulomb stress distribution computation, we find that the Elazığ main shock increased the stress level of the westernmost part of the Pütürge fault and of the adjacent Palu segment and as a result of an off-fault lobe.

scholarly journals Seismic Hazard Assessment for the Tianshui Urban Area, Gansu Province, China

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenming Wang ◽  
David T. Butler ◽  
Edward W. Woolery ◽  
Lanmin Wang
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Hazard ◽  
Ground Motion ◽  
Seismic Design ◽  
Hazard Analysis ◽  
Seismic Hazard Assessment ◽  
Gansu Province ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Peak Ground Velocity ◽  
Ground Acceleration ◽  
Acceleration Time Histories

A scenario seismic hazard analysis was performed for the city of Tianshui. The scenario hazard analysis utilized the best available geologic and seismological information as well as composite source model (i.e., ground motion simulation) to derive ground motion hazards in terms of acceleration time histories, peak values (e.g., peak ground acceleration and peak ground velocity), and response spectra. This study confirms that Tianshui is facing significant seismic hazard, and certain mitigation measures, such as better seismic design for buildings and other structures, should be developed and implemented. This study shows that PGA of 0.3 g (equivalent to Chinese intensity VIII) should be considered for seismic design of general building and PGA of 0.4 g (equivalent to Chinese intensity IX) for seismic design of critical facility in Tianshui.

NGA-Subduction research program

2021 ◽  
pp. 875529302110560
Author(s):  
Yousef Bozorgnia ◽  
Norman A Abrahamson ◽  
Sean K Ahdi ◽  
Timothy D Ancheta ◽  
Linda Al Atik ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ground Motion ◽  
Research Program ◽  
Epistemic Uncertainty ◽  
Specific Model ◽  
Peak Ground Velocity ◽  
Ground Acceleration ◽  
Motion Data ◽  
Motion Models ◽  
Aleatory Variability ◽  
Adjustment Factors

This article summarizes the Next Generation Attenuation (NGA) Subduction (NGA-Sub) project, a major research program to develop a database and ground motion models (GMMs) for subduction regions. A comprehensive database of subduction earthquakes recorded worldwide was developed. The database includes a total of 214,020 individual records from 1,880 subduction events, which is by far the largest database of all the NGA programs. As part of the NGA-Sub program, four GMMs were developed. Three of them are global subduction GMMs with adjustment factors for up to seven worldwide regions: Alaska, Cascadia, Central America and Mexico, Japan, New Zealand, South America, and Taiwan. The fourth GMM is a new Japan-specific model. The GMMs provide median predictions, and the associated aleatory variability, of RotD50 horizontal components of peak ground acceleration, peak ground velocity, and 5%-damped pseudo-spectral acceleration (PSA) at oscillator periods ranging from 0.01 to 10 s. Three GMMs also quantified “within-model” epistemic uncertainty of the median prediction, which is important in regions with sparse ground motion data, such as Cascadia. In addition, a damping scaling model was developed to scale the predicted 5%-damped PSA of horizontal components to other damping ratios ranging from 0.5% to 30%. The NGA-Sub flatfile, which was used for the development of the NGA-Sub GMMs, and the NGA-Sub GMMs coded on various software platforms, have been posted for public use.

scholarly journals Multi-Segment Rupture Model of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Revealed by InSAR and GPS Data

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (22) ◽  
pp. 3721
Author(s):  
Zhongqiu He ◽  
Ting Chen ◽  
Mingce Wang ◽  
Yanchong Li
Keyword(s):  
Field Investigation ◽  
Slip Distribution ◽  
Distribution Model ◽  
Coseismic Deformation ◽  
Gps Data ◽  
Coulomb Stress ◽  
2016 Kumamoto Earthquake ◽  
Kumamoto Earthquake ◽  
The 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake ◽  
Stress Changes

The 2016 Kumamoto earthquake, including two large (Mw ≥ 6.0) foreshocks and an Mw 7.0 mainshock, occurred in the Hinagu and Futagawa fault zones in the middle of Kyushu island, Japan. Here, we obtain the complex coseismic deformation field associated with this earthquake from Advanced Land Observation Satellite-2 (ALOS-2) and Sentinel-1A Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) data. These InSAR data, in combination with available Global Positioning System (GPS) data, are then used to determine an optimal four-segment fault geometry with the jRi method, which considers both data misfit and the perturbation error from data noise. Our preferred slip distribution model indicates that the rupture is dominated by right-lateral strike-slip, with a significant normal slip component. The largest asperity is located on the northern segment of the Futagawa fault, with a maximum slip of 5.6 m at a 5–6 km depth. The estimated shallow slips along the Futagawa fault and northern Hinagu fault are consistent with the displacements of surface ruptures from the field investigation, suggesting a shallow slip deficit. The total geodetic moment release is estimated to be 4.89 × 1019 Nm (Mw 7.09), which is slightly larger than seismological estimates. The calculated static Coulomb stress changes induced by the preferred slip distribution model cannot completely explain the spatial distribution of aftershocks. Sensitivity analysis of Coulomb stress change implies that aftershocks in the stress shadow area may be driven by aseismic creep or triggered by dynamic stress transfer, requiring further investigation.

Ground Motion Estimation Using Front Site Wave Form Data Based on RVM for Earthquake Early Warning

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 667-677
Author(s):  
Yincheng Yang ◽  
◽  
Masato Motosaka ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Ground Motion ◽  
Early Warning ◽  
Warning System ◽  
Earthquake Early Warning ◽  
Peak Ground Velocity ◽  
Wave Form ◽  
Source Information ◽  
Ground Acceleration ◽  
P Waves ◽  
Earthquake Early Warning System

The use of the earthquake early warning system (EEWS), one of the most useful emergency response tools, requires that the accuracy of real-time ground motion prediction (GMP) be enhanced. This requires that waveform information at observation points along earthquake wave propagation paths (hereafter, front-site waveform information) be used effectively. To enhance the combined reliability of different systems, such as on-site and local/regional warning, we present a GMP method using front-site waveform information by applying a relevant vector machine (RVM). We present methodology and application examples for a case study estimating peak ground acceleration (PGA) and peak ground velocity (PGV) for earthquakes in the Miyagi-Ken Oki subduction zone. With no knowledge of source information, front site waveforms have been used to predict ground motion at target sites. Five input variables – earthquake PGA, PGD, pulse rise time, average period and theVpmax/Amaxratio – have been used for the first 4 to 6 seconds of P-waves in training a regression model. We found that RVM is a useful tool for the prediction of peak ground motion.

Finite Fault Modelling for the Wenchuan Earthquake Using Hybrid Slip Model with Truncated Normal Distributed Source Parameters

2012 ◽  
Vol 256-259 ◽  
pp. 2161-2167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Dan Sun ◽  
Xia Xin Tao ◽  
Cheng Qing Liu
Keyword(s):  
Wenchuan Earthquake ◽  
Ground Motion ◽  
Source Parameters ◽  
Field Investigation ◽  
Local Source ◽  
Slip Model ◽  
Fault Models ◽  
Average Spectrum ◽  
Finite Fault ◽  
Truncated Normal

An hybrid slip model combining asperity model and k square model was outlined. In the model, both the global and local source parameters follow a trancated normal distribution. The hybrid slip model was then applied to generate finite fault models for the great Wenchuan earthquake, where the fault plane was assumed to have two segments, a reverse segment on the southwestern of the fault and a right-lateral strike-slip segment on the northeastern of the fault. The location of the asperities on each segment was determined considering the results from inversion and field investigation. 30 different finite fault models were obtained, and the one which generates the ground motion best fitting the average spectrum was picked out using spectral deviation evaluation. Finally, ground motion at six near field stations were simualted based on the best-fit fault model and compared to the records.

scholarly journals Usefulness of Coulomb Static Stress Changes in Earthquake Hazard Studies: An Example from the Lake Van Area, Eastern Turkey

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 33-41
Author(s):  
Murat Utkucu ◽  
Hatice Durmuş
Keyword(s):  
Earthquake Hazard ◽  
Static Stress ◽  
Coulomb Stress ◽  
Lake Area ◽  
Earthquake Rupture ◽  
Lake Van ◽  
Coulomb Stress Changes ◽  
Calculated Stress ◽  
Stress Changes ◽  
Large Earthquakes

It has been globally documented over different tectonic environments that Coulomb static stress changes caused by a mainshock can promote or demote stresses along the neighboring faults and thus triggers or delays following seismicity. In the present study Coulomb stress changes of the earthquakes in the Lake Van area are calculated using available data and the likely source faults. The calculated stress change maps demonstrate that the large earthquakes in the Lake Area are mostly stressed by the preceding earthquakes, suggesting earthquake rupture interactions. It is further suggested that Coulomb stress maps could be used for constraining the likely locations of the future large earthquakes and in the earthquake hazard mitigation studies.

scholarly journals Application for source parameters calculations as input for static stress changes studies

2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 2008
Author(s):  
P. M. Paradisopoulou ◽  
E. E. Papadimitriou ◽  
V. G. Karakostas ◽  
A. Kilias
Keyword(s):  
Scaling Laws ◽  
Source Parameters ◽  
Active Faults ◽  
Static Stress ◽  
Coulomb Stress ◽  
Coseismic Slip ◽  
Earthquake Source Parameters ◽  
Fault Parameters ◽  
Stress Changes ◽  
Stress Application

The study of static Coulomb Stress changes requires initially the collection of information on the major active faults in a study area concerning their geometry and kinematic properties and then a series of complex calculation for stress changes that are associated with both coseismic displacements of the stronger events and the tectonic loading on these major faults. The Coulomb Stress Application has been developed as a tool to provide a user-friendly way of entering the necessary data and an efficient way to perform the complex calculations procedure. More specifically the aim of the application is a) the collection of data (catalogues of earthquakes, fault parameters) in a relational database, b) the calculation of earthquake source parameters such as the length and the width of the causative fault, and the coseismic slip by using available scaling laws, and finally, c) the execution of all the necessary programs and scripts (e.g. dis3dop.exe, GMT package) to get a map of static stress changes for an area. Coulomb Stress application provides a way to store these data for a study area and it is a method to perform a series of calculations by plotting a series of maps and examine the results for a number of cases.

Empirical Correlations between Generalized Ground-Motion Intensity Measures for Earthquakes in China

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kun Ji ◽  
Yefei Ren ◽  
Ruizhi Wen
Keyword(s):  
Ground Motion ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Parametric Models ◽  
Peak Ground Velocity ◽  
Ground Acceleration ◽  
Intensity Measures ◽  
Vibration Period ◽  
Significant Duration ◽  
Cumulative Absolute Velocity ◽  
Spectrum Intensity

ABSTRACT This study used earthquake records from China to investigate comprehensively the correlation coefficients between various intensity measures (IMs), including peak ground acceleration, peak ground velocity, spectral acceleration, spectrum intensity, acceleration spectrum intensity, Arias intensity, cumulative absolute velocity, and significant duration. After collection of metadata information, 681 three-component ground-motion recordings with magnitudes of Mw 4.9–6.9 were carefully processed and extracted from the China National Strong-Motion Observation Network System dataset (2007–2015). The applicability of both the Next Generation Attenuation (NGA)-West2 ground-motion model (GMM) and of other GMMs was verified for different IMs, regarding the China dataset. Then, empirical correlation coefficients between different IMs were computed, considering the uncertainty due to the different sample sizes of the observational data using the bootstrap sampling method and Fisher z transformation. Finally, the median values of the correlation coefficients were fitted as a continuous function of the vibration period in the range of 0.01–10.0 s and compared with the results of similar studies developed for shallow crustal regions worldwide. The developed region-specific correlation coefficient prediction model yielded tendencies approximately like those reported in other studies. However, obvious differences were found in long-period ranges of amplitude-based IMs, cumulative effect IMs, and significant duration. These results suggest the necessity of using region-specific correlation coefficients for generalized IMs in China. The presented results and parametric models could be easily implemented in a generalized IM ground-motion selection method or a vector-based probability seismic hazard analysis procedure for China.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document