Time‐Lapse Imaging of Coseismic Ruptures for the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquakes Using Multiazimuth Backprojection With Regional Seismic Data and a 3‐D Crustal Velocity Model
Time‐Lapse Imaging of Coseismic Ruptures for the 2019 Ridgecrest Earthquakes Using Multiazimuth Backprojection With Regional Seismic Data and a 3‐D Crustal Velocity Model
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DOI:
10.1029/2020gl087181
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发表时间:
2020-05
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
Jidong Yang;Hejun Zhu;D. Lumley
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作者:
Jidong Yang;Hejun Zhu;D. Lumley
Using regional seismic data and a 3‐D crustal velocity model, we develop a novel multiazimuth backprojection approach and apply it to image time‐lapse coseismic ruptures for the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes. The time‐integrated images for the Mw6.4 foreshock and Mw7.1 mainshock agree with the fault geometry delineated by the aftershock distributions. Backprojection images at different times illustrate the detailed rupture processes for these two events. For instance, the Mw6.4 foreshock initialized close to the hypocenter, then the rupture propagated along a northwest trending fault with an average velocity of 1.0 km/s, and finally jumped to a southwest trending fault and propagated about 20 km with a velocity about 1.5 km/s. In contrast, the Mw7.1 mainshock initialized near the hypocenter, then propagated to the northwest upon reaching the Coso volcanic field with an average velocity of 1.4 km/s, and later turned to the southeast and propagated along the main fault zone with a complex bilateral process and a velocity about 0.6 km/s.