Single station CMT; Application to the Michoacan, Mexico, Earthquake of September 19, 1985
Single station CMT; Application to the Michoacan, Mexico, Earthquake of September 19, 1985
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单站CMT;
DOI:
10.1029/gl013i003p00173
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发表时间:
1986
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
J. Steim
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作者:
G. Ekström;A. Dziewoński;J. Steim
Observations of three-dimensional ground motion at a single point on the surface of the Earth following an earthquake can be sufficient to determine the zeroth order moment tensor of the event. We adapt the centroid-moment tensor (CMT) method [Dziewonski et al., 1981] of analysis to single station data and apply it to the September 19, 1985 Michoacan earthquake. The obtained mechanism indicates faulting on a shallow plane, consistent with the ongoing subduction of the Cocos plate. The scalar moment is 1.3 × 1028 dyne-cm. A direct deconvolution of the observed P-wave train indicates that the moment release occurred in two subevents, each of 20 seconds duration with a peak-to-peak separation in time of 25 seconds.