Enhanced crustal and intermediate seismicity in the Hindu Kush-Pamir region revealed by attentive deep learning model

Autor: Satyam Pratap Singh, Vipul Silwal
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Artificial Intelligence in Geosciences, Vol 4, Iss , Pp 150-163 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2666-5441
DOI: 10.1016/j.aiig.2023.10.002
Popis: The Hindu Kush-Pamir region (HKPR) is characterized by complex ongoing deformation, unique slab geometry, and intermediate seismic activity. The availability of extensive seismological data in recent decades has prompted the use of deep learning algorithms to extract valuable insights. In this study, we present a fully automated approach for augmenting earthquake catalogue within the HKPR. Our method leverages an attention mechanism-based deep learning architecture to simultaneously detect events, perform phase picking, and estimate magnitudes. We applied this model to a ten-month dataset (January 2013–October 2013) from 83 stations in the region. Utilizing a robust criterion to evaluate the model's probabilities, we associated phases at different stations and pinpointed earthquake locations in the region. Our results demonstrate a significant enhancement, revealing nearly four and a half times more earthquakes than previously documented in the International Seismological Center (ISC) catalogue. A notable portion of these newly detected events falls within the category of very low-magnitude earthquakes (
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