2018年吉林松原MS 5.7地震地磁异常分析

为了分析2018年5月28日吉林松原M_S5.7地震前后的地磁异常特征,通过收集2016—2019年东北地区固定地磁台连续观测波形,运用地磁加卸载响应比法和地磁谐波振幅比法分析地震前后数据。结果表明:2018年5月28日前半年内出现了地磁Z分量加卸载响应比多台同一天或相邻两天同步跨越式短期异常2次;三岗、铁岭地磁谐波振幅比存在同方向不同周期不同步趋势异常,异常形态表现为趋势下降-上升-恢复,地震发生在异常恢复阶段;两种方法结合预测地震的发震时间和震中效果较好。可见,地磁多方法是地磁学预测地震新的方向。     

玉树Mw7．1地震前电离层异常扰动初步分析

为了研究地震电离层效应,采用CODE提供的全球电离层地图（GIM）数据分析了2010年4月14日玉树7．1级地震．通过插值提取了震中区域震前的TEC时间序列,利用滑动四分位距法排除太阳（SSN、F10．7）和地磁活动（Dst、Kp）的干扰,发现电离层在震前26天和13天存在明显异常．全球电离层异常分布结果显示,震前26天的电离层异常幅度小于震前13天的异常幅度,这可能与临震时间有关．此外,两次异常的峰值点与震中区域并不严格对应,而是靠近震中偏向赤道的一侧,同时磁共轭区也有异常出现,但范围和幅度较小,这两次电离层异常有可能是地震前兆．     

基于张衡一号电磁卫星数据对印尼Ms 7.4地震的研究

以2018年9月28日印尼Ms 7.4地震为背景, 利用张衡一号电磁卫星观测的ULF磁场X, Y和Z三分量数据, 采用滑动四分位(IQR)算法、滑动主成分分析算法(PCA)和短时傅里叶变换算法(STFT), 对震中范围的时空电磁数据进行分析, 结果显示 3 种算法都能有效地提取到震前异常。1) X,Y和Z分量均值震前7天开始出现异常, 随着发震时间临近, Y和Z分量的异常程度逐渐增加, 震前2天达到峰值, Y分量最大异常达到0.7 nT, 震后异常慢慢消失; 2) 震前5天主成分出现异常, 第一主成分占比急剧下降, 下降幅度超过15%, 第二、第三主成分占比急剧上升, 异常持续3天; 3) 震前9天, 13和25 Hz功率谱密度占比同时出现大幅异常, 13 Hz占比上升35%, 25 Hz占比下降超过40%, 13 Hz占比出现正异常, 最大正异常达到0.1, 25 Hz占比出现负异常, 最大负异常达到?0.15, 震后异常消失。结合同时段的太阳地磁活动情况, 认为上述电磁异常可以作为印尼地震的前兆。     

美国加利福尼亚州M 6.0地震前电离层TEC异常分析

 针对2014 年8 月24 日世界时10:20 发生在美国加利福尼亚州地区(38.21°,-122.32°)的M 6.0 地震,利用美国地区全球定位系统(GPS)双频观测台网和欧洲定轨中心(CODE)绘制的全球电离层地图(GIM),分析震前上空电离层电子浓度总含量(TEC)的时间和空间变化。结果表明,震前2 d 震中附近区域TEC 相对于前25 d,TEC 下边界限出现明显负异常;通过对全球范围电离层TEC 变化的空间分析,震前2 d 震中附近区域异常减小的时间持续约40 h,且TEC 减小幅度和相对变化较为明显。此次地震前电离层TEC 异常减少,与以往亚洲地区地震的统计分析结果较为一致,但对北美地区地震空间前兆规律还有待于积累更多资料及分析。     

Study of the ionospheric anomaly before the Wenchuan earthquake

The behavior of the ionosphere before the Wenchuan earthquake is analyzed with the global TEC and ionospheric foF2 observed at Xiamen. It can be found from TEC maps that in the afternoon (16―18LT) on May 9, 2008, 3 days before the earthquake, there is an enhancement of TEC with an amplitude of 10―15 TECU appearing in the east-south direction of Wenchuan, and another enhancement appears at the conjugate region of the Southern Hemisphere with an amplitude of 10 TECU, but no obvious in-crement or decrement can be seen in other regions on global scale. It can also be found that on May 6 (6 days before the great earthquake), there is a decrement of TEC with small amplitude of 4TECU and larger area with 80° along the longitude in southern China, and there is no synchronous decrement observed at the conjugate region of the Southern Hemisphere. There are also many anomalies ob-served by ionosondes across China. The result shows that foF2 and TEC abnormally increased, which is different from pervious results that ionospheric parameters decreased prior to earthquakes. Pre-liminary results suggest that the enhancement on May 9 maybe has a close relationship with the pos-sible enhancement of ionospheric electric fields, and it may be an ionospheric precursor of earth-quakes. Whereas the decrement on May 6 may be attributed to the geomagnetic disturbance appearing on May 5.     

预警地震

共振是一种普遍现象,在地震事件中也存在,当一个大震爆发时,其地震波将引起一个已到了孕震晚期的震源体共振,地震波被吸收的能量一般并不多,但却可以作用孕震进程的一种标志,即预警信号。发出信号的大震称为预警地震,地震波是各向异性的,在地震带、纬度和经度的方向占有优势,一些毁城巨震,如唐山７．８级、海原８．５级和日本关东８．２级等地震,原来都存在着预警地震,预警地震的存在对可能发生大震地区的防震起到很重要的参考作用。     

地磁场日变化的空间差异对流动观测通化结果的影响

通过对中国西部、西南部和东部几组相邻的地磁台站各地磁要素日变幅的对比分析，发现各台站的地磁要素日变化具有空间差异性，这种差异性特征是趋势变化一致而幅度不同.结合一些实例，分析了野外观测资料用相邻的地磁台站的地磁要素数据通化时，通化结果有差异，并且这些差异与观测时间和观测季节关系密切.在实例中，磁偏角（D）、水平分量（H）、垂直分量（Z）及总强度（F）的通化值差异一般分别达到0.5′、6 nT、4 nT、6 nT，这样的差异值有可能影响震情研判.因此，在地震地磁监测工作中的定点连续观测十分重要，而流动地磁观测只应该作为一种补充和辅助手段.     

Characters of variation of LURR during the earthquake sequence of Xinjiang

The theory of the loading/unloading response ratio (LURR) was applied to the Jiashi earthquake sequence which occurred at the beginning of 1997 in Xinjiang, and found that, before the earthquakes with relatively high magnitudes in the sequence, the ratio showed anomalies of high values. That is to say, the LURR theory can be applied to the short-term earthquake prediction in some cases, especially in the early period after a strong earthquake, such as the forecasts for some strong earthquakes in the Jiashi sequence.     

Wenchuan earthquake: Brightness temperature changes from satellite infrared information

By using an alternative processing method for satellite infrared remote sensing data and adopting the China Geostationary Mete-orological Satellite (FY-2C) infrared remote sensing brightness temperature data, we studied the great 2008 Wenchuan Ms8.0 earthquake. Results indicate the obvious characteristic period and amplitude, and distribution of thermal infrared anomalies before the Wenchuan earthquake. And we discussed the mechanism of the observed pre-earthquake thermal anomalies. The characteristics of observed thermal infrared anomalies are easy to be recognized and applied, and could provide a criterion for thermal anomalies of earthquakes.     

The deterministic nature of earthquake rupture

Understanding the earthquake rupture process is central to our understanding of fault systems and earthquake hazards. Multiple hypotheses concerning the nature of fault rupture have been proposed but no unifying theory has emerged. The conceptual hypothesis most commonly cited is the cascade model for fault rupture. In the cascade model, slip initiates on a small fault patch and continues to rupture further across a fault plane as long as the conditions are favourable. Two fundamental implications of this domino-like theory are that small earthquakes begin in the same manner as large earthquakes and that the rupture process is not deterministic--that is, the size of the earthquake cannot be determined until the cessation of rupture. Here we show that the frequency content of radiated seismic energy within the first few seconds of rupture scales with the final magnitude of the event. We infer that the magnitude of an earthquake can therefore be estimated before the rupture is complete. This finding implies that the rupture process is to some degree deterministic and has implications for the physics of the rupture process.     

2009年青海海西地震序列的潜热通量异常时空特征

 采用美国国家环境预报中心（NCEP）的地表潜热通量资料,对2009年8月28日青海海西6.4级地震及其余震前的潜热变化过程进行分析发现,① 主震前6d,震中附近开始出现潜热异常,然后异常幅度增强、面积扩大,并向震中迁移;② 余震前也出现了明显的潜热异常,但其时空演化过程不同于主震前的潜热异常;③ 潜热异常位置与震中具有良好的空间对应关系,其中都兰余震前的潜热异常位置与震中位置重合。本案例分析表明,震前地表潜热异常应是地震孕育尤其是临震过程的一种典型的岩石圈-盖层-大气耦合（LCA）效应,进一步的研究有望揭示特定地震区震前及余震序列的潜热通量异常规律,有益于地震监测预报研究与防灾减灾。     

Implications for prediction and hazard assessment from the 2004 Parkfield earthquake

Obtaining high-quality measurements close to a large earthquake is not easy: one has to be in the right place at the right time with the right instruments. Such a convergence happened, for the first time, when the 28 September 2004 Parkfield, California, earthquake occurred on the San Andreas fault in the middle of a dense network of instruments designed to record it. The resulting data reveal aspects of the earthquake process never before seen. Here we show what these data, when combined with data from earlier Parkfield earthquakes, tell us about earthquake physics and earthquake prediction. The 2004 Parkfield earthquake, with its lack of obvious precursors, demonstrates that reliable short-term earthquake prediction still is not achievable. To reduce the societal impact of earthquakes now, we should focus on developing the next generation of models that can provide better predictions of the strength and location of damaging ground shaking.     

利用NOAA数据分析地震前总电子含量异常

利用美国国家海洋和大气管理局（NOAA）发布的电离层总电子含量（TEC）数据,采用从点到面的分析方法,分析了墨西哥2012年3月20日和4月12日两次地震前的TEC数据,发现两次地震前均出现TEC异常,具体表现为：以点计算的震中TEC波形图显示3月20日震前的3月7日、3月15日和3月18日出现TEC异常,4月12日震前的4月4日和4月11日出现TEC异常;以面计算的TEC分布显示震中周边区域在震前出现异于其他地区的TEC增大或减少.     

文安地震前卫星热红外亮温变化

利用MODIS卫星热红外数据和静止卫星热红外遥感亮温资料,对2006年河北文安5.1级地震进行时间特征和空间特征两种异常分析方法。研究表明,地震前一个月左右,透热指数和异常比值同时出现高值异常,而地表的亮温增温异常区与未来发生的地震震中较为接近。     

中国汶川Ms 8.0级地震前NDVI变化特征及其佐证

 利用归一化植被指数（NDVI）数据,探测了汶川Ms 8.0级地震前植被变化情况。对震前9年的NDVI数据先做整体变化分析,没有发现明显的植被退化现象;再对时间序列数据进行逐年比对,发现两个比较明显的植被退化现象。其一,2006年与2005年相比,龙门山断裂东部的四川盆地大部分地区6—9月NDVI均值明显减小,幅度为0～20％。推测原因为震前四川盆地受挤压变形,产生热弹效应放热致使地表升温,进一步与大气耦合导致长期干旱少雨,破坏植被正常生长条件,使植被退化。因此,2006年四川盆地大范围植被退化现象可视为震前异常。其二,2008年5月上旬与2007年相比,龙门山断裂带上发现明显的植被退化现象,成条带状分布,NDVI下降幅度超过20%。这可能与临震前龙门山断裂带上发生某些物理化学变化有关,即临震前龙门山断裂带地壳岩石的破裂发育、断裂之间以及岩石之间的摩擦滑移,导致地下热物质上涌和摩擦生热释放,造成短期（近）地表高温,破坏了植被的正常生长条件,使其退化。因此,可以看作震前短期异常。此外,沿着时间尺度和空间尺度,找到一些震前中期和短期异常佐证,以增加植被异常判断的可信度。     

Predicting the endpoints of earthquake ruptures

The active fault traces on which earthquakes occur are generally not continuous, and are commonly composed of segments that are separated by discontinuities that appear as steps in map-view. Stress concentrations resulting from slip at such discontinuities may slow or stop rupture propagation and hence play a controlling role in limiting the length of earthquake rupture. Here I examine the mapped surface rupture traces of 22 historical strike-slip earthquakes with rupture lengths ranging between 10 and 420 km. I show that about two-thirds of the endpoints of strike-slip earthquake ruptures are associated with fault steps or the termini of active fault traces, and that there exists a limiting dimension of fault step (3-4 km) above which earthquake ruptures do not propagate and below which rupture propagation ceases only about 40 per cent of the time. The results are of practical importance to seismic hazard analysis where effort is spent attempting to place limits on the probable length of future earthquakes on mapped active faults. Physical insight to the dynamics of the earthquake rupture process is further gained with the observation that the limiting dimension appears to be largely independent of the earthquake rupture length. It follows that the magnitude of stress changes and the volume affected by those stress changes at the driving edge of laterally propagating ruptures are largely similar and invariable during the rupture process regardless of the distance an event has propagated or will propagate.     

Predecessors of the giant 1960 Chile earthquake

It is commonly thought that the longer the time since last earthquake, the larger the next earthquake's slip will be. But this logical predictor of earthquake size, unsuccessful for large earthquakes on a strike-slip fault, fails also with the giant 1960 Chile earthquake of magnitude 9.5 (ref. 3). Although the time since the preceding earthquake spanned 123 years (refs 4, 5), the estimated slip in 1960, which occurred on a fault between the Nazca and South American tectonic plates, equalled 250-350 years' worth of the plate motion. Thus the average interval between such giant earthquakes on this fault should span several centuries. Here we present evidence that such long intervals were indeed typical of the last two millennia. We use buried soils and sand layers as records of tectonic subsidence and tsunami inundation at an estuary midway along the 1960 rupture. In these records, the 1960 earthquake ended a recurrence interval that had begun almost four centuries before, with an earthquake documented by Spanish conquistadors in 1575. Two later earthquakes, in 1737 and 1837, produced little if any subsidence or tsunami at the estuary and they therefore probably left the fault partly loaded with accumulated plate motion that the 1960 earthquake then expended.     

Nonlinear dynamics, granular media and dynamic earthquake triggering

The 1992 magnitude 7.3 Landers earthquake triggered an exceptional number of additional earthquakes within California and as far north as Yellowstone and Montana. Since this observation, other large earthquakes have been shown to induce dynamic triggering at remote distances--for example, after the 1999 magnitude 7.1 Hector Mine and the 2002 magnitude 7.9 Denali earthquakes--and in the near-field as aftershocks. The physical origin of dynamic triggering, however, remains one of the least understood aspects of earthquake nucleation. The dynamic strain amplitudes from a large earthquake are exceedingly small once the waves have propagated more than several fault radii. For example, a strain wave amplitude of 10(-6) and wavelength 1 m corresponds to a displacement amplitude of about 10(-7) m. Here we show that the dynamic, elastic-nonlinear behaviour of fault gouge perturbed by a seismic wave may trigger earthquakes, even with such small strains. We base our hypothesis on recent laboratory dynamic experiments conducted in granular media, a fault gouge surrogate. From these we infer that, if the fault is weak, seismic waves cause the fault core modulus to decrease abruptly and weaken further. If the fault is already near failure, this process could therefore induce fault slip.     

四川芦山Ms 7.0级地震前卫星线性云异常现象

 对四川芦山地震前1个月内的FY-2卫星云图与红外亮温数据分析发现,震前3d即4月17日的06:30—09:30,在青藏高原东部出现延展达数百千米的两条线性云,两者延伸交叉处正是芦山地震的震中位置。通过与汶川Ms 8.0级地震前数小时出现的线性云异常进行比较,认为龙门山断裂带强震前屡次出现的“无中生有”线性云异常现象,可能与青藏高原东部地下未知的隐伏构造及油气赋存有关,具有一定的临震指示性,应该作为该地区地震遥感监测的重点。今后,在全球综合地球观测系统(GEOSS)大数据的支持下,考虑孕震过程中的地球系统多圈层作用与耦合效应,将开展遥感多参数异常时空特征及其关联性分析,为解开该地区的线性云异常之谜提供科学依据。     

Analysis of ionospheric anomalies before the 2011 <Emphasis Type="Italic">M</Emphasis><Subscript>w</Subscript> 9.0 Japan earthquake

On March 11, 2011, a large earthquake of Mw=9.0 occurred near the east coast of Honshu, Japan. This paper investigates preearthquake ionospheric anomalies during the earthquake period, using data from global navigation satellite systems and ionosonde stations near the epicenter. A clear anomaly that occurred on March 8 lasted 6 hours. Eliminating ionospheric anomalies that may have been caused by solar activities and magnetic storms, we believe that a positive anomaly on March 8 was very possibly an ionospheric precursor. The affected ionospheric area on March 8, which is evident on a vertical total electron content distribution map, extended to 50° in longitude and 20° in latitude, with length ratio approximately 3:1. The anomaly peak arose from 15:00-19:00 LT, and its location did not coincide with the vertical projection of the epicenter, but was instead to its south. Corresponding ionospheric anomalies are also observed in the magnetically conjugated region. There were no obvious ionospheric anomalies in other parts of the world. To analyze changes in the ionospheric anomaly, computerized ionospheric tomography technology was used to invert the spatial and temporal distribution of electron density in the ionosphere. The ionospheric anomaly on March 8, 2011 is suggested to be an ionospheric precursor of the March 11 earthquake in Japan.