Investigating deep earthquake mechanisms of the M6.6 Java Sea earthquake, 2016

Devastating earthquakes in the brittle shallow earth occur due to frictional sliding between the plates. However, at the depth between 100 and 600km, where brittle deformation is inaccessible, deep earthquakes occur frequently. Therefore, deep earthquakes require a different mechanism. The M6.6 Jav...

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Main Author: Fang, Shiyuan
Other Authors: Wei Shengji
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Published: 2019
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-764362023-02-28T16:47:34Z Investigating deep earthquake mechanisms of the M6.6 Java Sea earthquake, 2016 Fang, Shiyuan Wei Shengji Asian School of the Environment University of Science and Technology of China Sun Daoyuan DRNTU::Science::Geology::Volcanoes and earthquakes Devastating earthquakes in the brittle shallow earth occur due to frictional sliding between the plates. However, at the depth between 100 and 600km, where brittle deformation is inaccessible, deep earthquakes occur frequently. Therefore, deep earthquakes require a different mechanism. The M6.6 Java Sea Earthquake in October 2016 has a depth of more than 600 km. We downloaded broadband waveform data of this earthquake from 289 stations around the world from the Incorporated Research Institution for Seismology (IRIS). In this project, we obtained focal mechanism of the earthquake using the Cut-And-Paste method (Zhu and Helmberger, 1996, BSSA). We obtained the source depth for the earthquake by fitting synthetic waveforms with the actual waveforms, using the sP-wave arrival time as an indicator for the depth. We finetuned the focal mechanism using the depth. With the new focal mechanism, we obtained the source duration in each station by comparing the P-wave signal. Finally, we plotted the source duration against the station azimuth, and compared the scatter graph with a model, to gain understanding on the rupture directivity. Through this project, we obtained source information for the earthquake, including the focal mechanism of the earthquake, the depth, the source duration as well as information about the rupture directivity of the earthquake. Bachelor of Science in Environmental Earth Systems Science 2019-02-13T08:52:00Z 2019-02-13T08:52:00Z 2019 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/76436 en Nanyang Technological University 215 p. application/pdf
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Investigating deep earthquake mechanisms of the M6.6 Java Sea earthquake, 2016
description Devastating earthquakes in the brittle shallow earth occur due to frictional sliding between the plates. However, at the depth between 100 and 600km, where brittle deformation is inaccessible, deep earthquakes occur frequently. Therefore, deep earthquakes require a different mechanism. The M6.6 Java Sea Earthquake in October 2016 has a depth of more than 600 km. We downloaded broadband waveform data of this earthquake from 289 stations around the world from the Incorporated Research Institution for Seismology (IRIS). In this project, we obtained focal mechanism of the earthquake using the Cut-And-Paste method (Zhu and Helmberger, 1996, BSSA). We obtained the source depth for the earthquake by fitting synthetic waveforms with the actual waveforms, using the sP-wave arrival time as an indicator for the depth. We finetuned the focal mechanism using the depth. With the new focal mechanism, we obtained the source duration in each station by comparing the P-wave signal. Finally, we plotted the source duration against the station azimuth, and compared the scatter graph with a model, to gain understanding on the rupture directivity. Through this project, we obtained source information for the earthquake, including the focal mechanism of the earthquake, the depth, the source duration as well as information about the rupture directivity of the earthquake.
author2 Wei Shengji
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Fang, Shiyuan
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author Fang, Shiyuan
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title Investigating deep earthquake mechanisms of the M6.6 Java Sea earthquake, 2016
title_short Investigating deep earthquake mechanisms of the M6.6 Java Sea earthquake, 2016
title_full Investigating deep earthquake mechanisms of the M6.6 Java Sea earthquake, 2016
title_fullStr Investigating deep earthquake mechanisms of the M6.6 Java Sea earthquake, 2016
title_full_unstemmed Investigating deep earthquake mechanisms of the M6.6 Java Sea earthquake, 2016
title_sort investigating deep earthquake mechanisms of the m6.6 java sea earthquake, 2016
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