Very Low Frequency Earthquakes Modulate Regular Fast Earthquakes at the Central Range in Taiwan

Autor: K. Chaudhuri, A. Ghosh
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Geophysical Research Letters, Vol 50, Iss 5, Pp n/a-n/a (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1944-8007
0094-8276
DOI: 10.1029/2022GL102505
Popis: Abstract Slow earthquakes in the form of tremors and low frequency earthquakes (low‐frequency earthquakes) occur along the south‐central range of Taiwan (Aguiar et al., 2017, https://doi.org/10.1002/2016gl072148; Chao et al., 2012, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-246x.2011.05261.x; Tang et al., 2010, https://doi.org/10.1029/2010gl043918). This study detects discrete very low frequency earthquakes (VLFEs) using a grid‐search moment tensor inversion algorithm (Ghosh et al., 2015, https://doi.org/10.1002/2015gl063286; Hutchison & Ghosh, 2019, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018jb016138). By applying a matched filtered technique, we have created a robust VLFE catalog for 3 years. The two VLFEs closer to the tremor‐producing region show a temporal relationship, but the western VLFE is the most active among the three. Our VLFE catalog of high temporal resolution allows us to identify a significant increase in VLFE activities preceding earthquake swarms. An empirical comparison of the VLFE catalog with regional and local cataloged fast earthquakes reveals two such instances. We show that fluid migration from deeper to shallower crust explains this modulation of regular fast earthquakes by VLFEs.
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