David A. Yuen , Melissa A. Scruggs , Frank J. Spera , Yingcai Zheng , Hao Hu , Stephen R. McNutt , Glenn Thompson , Kyle Mandli , Barry R. Keller , Songqiao Shawn Wei , Zhigang Peng , Zili Zhou , Francesco Mulargia , Yuichiro Tanioka
{"title":"Under the surface: Pressure-induced planetary-scale waves, volcanic lightning, and gaseous clouds caused by the submarine eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano","authors":"David A. Yuen , Melissa A. Scruggs , Frank J. Spera , Yingcai Zheng , Hao Hu , Stephen R. McNutt , Glenn Thompson , Kyle Mandli , Barry R. Keller , Songqiao Shawn Wei , Zhigang Peng , Zili Zhou , Francesco Mulargia , Yuichiro Tanioka","doi":"10.1016/j.eqrea.2022.100134","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eqrea.2022.100134","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We present a narrative of the eruptive events culminating in the cataclysmic January 15, 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai Volcano by synthesizing diverse preliminary seismic, volcanological, sound wave, and lightning data available within the first few weeks after the eruption occurred. The first hour of eruptive activity produced fast-propagating tsunami waves, long-period seismic waves, loud audible sound waves, infrasonic waves, exceptionally intense volcanic lightning and an unsteady volcanic plume that transiently reached—at 58 km—the Earth's mesosphere. Energetic seismic signals were recorded worldwide and the globally stacked seismogram showed episodic seismic events within the most intense periods of phreatoplinian activity, and they correlated well with the infrasound pressure waveform recorded in Fiji. Gravity wave signals were strong enough to be observed over the entire planet in just the first few hours, with some circling the Earth multiple times subsequently. These large-amplitude, long-wavelength atmospheric disturbances come from the Earth's atmosphere being forced by the magmatic mixture of tephra, melt and gasses emitted by the unsteady but quasi-continuous eruption from 0402±1–1800 UTC on January 15, 2022. Atmospheric forcing lasted much longer than rupturing from large earthquakes recorded on modern instruments, producing a type of shock wave that originated from the interaction between compressed air and ambient (wavy) sea surface. This scenario differs from conventional ideas of earthquake slip, landslides, or caldera collapse-generated tsunami waves because of the enormous (∼1000x) volumetric change due to the supercritical nature of volatiles associated with the hot, volatile-rich phreatoplinian plume. The time series of plume altitude can be translated to volumetric discharge and mass flow rate. For an eruption duration of ∼12 h, the eruptive volume and mass are estimated at 1.9 km<sup>3</sup> and ∼2 900 Tg, respectively, corresponding to a VEI of 5–6 for this event. The high frequency and intensity of lightning was enhanced by the production of fine ash due to magma—seawater interaction with concomitant high charge per unit mass and the high pre-eruptive concentration of dissolved volatiles. Analysis of lightning flash frequencies provides a rapid metric for plume activity and eruption magnitude. Many aspects of this eruption await further investigation by multidisciplinary teams. It represents a unique opportunity for fundamental research regarding the complex, non-linear behavior of high energetic volcanic eruptions and attendant phenomena, with critical implications for hazard mitigation, volcano forecasting, and first-response efforts in future disasters.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100384,"journal":{"name":"Earthquake Research Advances","volume":"2 3","pages":"Article 100134"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772467022000227/pdfft?md5=2e51bc5cccf9a0ecb8e13ba4a939637a&pid=1-s2.0-S2772467022000227-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79360536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A summary of seismic activities in and around China in 2021","authors":"Yanyan Han, Yang Zang, Lingyuan Meng, Yue Wang, Shiguang Deng, Yawei Ma, Mengyu Xie","doi":"10.1016/j.eqrea.2022.100157","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eqrea.2022.100157","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this article, we review the general characteristics of seismicity in and around China and the overall statistics of earthquake damage in 2021, focusing on several significant events and related scientific topics. Among them, the largest event is the <em>M</em><sub>S</sub> 7.4 Madoi earthquake in Qinghai Province, northwest China. The event marks another <em>M</em><sub>S</sub> ≥ 7 earthquake occurring near the boundary of the Bayan Har Block that has ended a remarkable quiescence of the <em>M</em><sub>S</sub> ≥ 7 earthquakes within the Chinese mainland. In addition, the <em>M</em><sub>S</sub> 6.4 Yangbi earthquake in Yunnan Province, southwest China draws the most attention because of its abundant foreshocks, which are well recorded by the densely distributed seismic stations in the surrounding regions. Regarding this event, we review several recent publications focusing on the Gutenberg-Richter <em>b</em>-value change and the physical mechanism of foreshocks associated with this sequence. The <em>M</em><sub>S</sub> 6.0 Luxian earthquake in Sichuan Province, southwest China has caused serious damage with a relatively low magnitude, partly because the focal depth of the mainshock is relatively shallow (3.5 km). It is another strong earthquake occurring within the southeast Sichuan basin with low historical seismicity yet has increased significantly since 2015, probably due to shale gas development and associated hydraulic fracturing.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100384,"journal":{"name":"Earthquake Research Advances","volume":"2 3","pages":"Article 100157"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772467022000483/pdfft?md5=8b70fa3fc3a8b600626bd950f1f683c5&pid=1-s2.0-S2772467022000483-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91110579","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xiaowu Pu , Lanming Wang , Ping Wang , Xiufeng Tian , Shiyang Xu , Shaofeng Chai , Haitao Guo
{"title":"The response law of far-field seismic ground motion of the Wenchuan earthquake and its damaging mechanism in the Loess Plateau","authors":"Xiaowu Pu , Lanming Wang , Ping Wang , Xiufeng Tian , Shiyang Xu , Shaofeng Chai , Haitao Guo","doi":"10.1016/j.eqrea.2022.100114","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eqrea.2022.100114","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A series of housing collapses and other serious damage was caused by the 2008 Wenchuan <em>M</em><sub>S</sub> 8.0 earthquake in the seismic intensity Ⅵ areas of the Loess Plateau, which is hundreds of kilometers away from the epicenter, and which showed a remarkable seismic intensity anomaly. The seismic disasters are closely related to the seismic response characteristics of the site, therefore, the systematic study of the far-field seismic response law of the Wenchuan earthquake in the Loess Plateau is of great significance to prevent the far-field disaster of great earthquake. In this paper, the seismic acceleration records of several bedrock stations and loess stations from the seismogenic fault of the Wenchuan earthquake to the Loess Plateau were collected, and the attenuation law of ground motion along the propagation path and the characteristics of seismic response on the loess site are studied, and the mechanism of amplification effect of ground motion is analyzed based on the dynamic feature parameters of the loess site obtained through the HVSR method. Taking a typical loess site of thick deposit as the prototype, a series of shaking table tests of dynamic response of loess site models with different thicknesses were carried out. Amplification effect, spectral characteristics of acceleration in model sites were analyzed under the action of a far-field seismic wave of the Wenchuan earthquake. The results show that seismic attenuation on the propagation path along the NE strike of the seismogenic fault to the Loess Plateau is slower than that in other directions, and the predominant period range of ground motion on bedrock site of the Loess Plateau presents broadband characteristics. Because the natural periods of loess sites with thick deposits are within the predominant period range of bedrock input wave, loess sites appear significant amplification effect of ground motion, the horizontal acceleration of ground motion exceeds 0.1 <em>g</em>, the seismic intensity reaches 7°. The thicker the loess deposit is, the more significant the change of spectral characteristics of ground motion on loess sites, and the narrower the predominant period range of ground motion becomes, and the closer it is to the natural period of loess sites. Therefore, for some old houses on thick loess sites, the poor seismic performance and strong seismic response eventually led to their collapses and damages because their natural periods are very close to the predominant period of ground motion of the Wenchuan earthquake on thick loess sites; For these damaged high-rise buildings, the resonance effect might be the main reason for their damages because their natural periods are included in the predominant period range of ground motion of the Wenchuan earthquake on thick loess sites.These research results would provide a basis for seismic disasters prediction and evaluation and seismic design of construction engineering in the Loess Plateau.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100384,"journal":{"name":"Earthquake Research Advances","volume":"2 3","pages":"Article 100114"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772467022000021/pdfft?md5=8b9e1dfa8d7e3d09d63af9beafc342f3&pid=1-s2.0-S2772467022000021-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86375898","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Is clustered seismicity an indicator of regional stress? Insights from earthquake sequences in Yongning-Luguhu faulted basin, Southwest China","authors":"Xinglin Lei , Guangming Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.eqrea.2022.100138","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eqrea.2022.100138","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Using hypocenter relocation, moment tensor inversion, stress field inversion, and fault slip tendency analysis, this study systematically investigated three <em>M</em>5.5–5.8 earthquake sequences that occurred after 2000 in the Yongning-Luguhu faulted basin in the middle of the Lijiang-Xiaojinhe fault zone within the Sichuan-Yunnan block, Southwest China. Our results show that since the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake, the tectonic stress pattern in this area may have changed and that <em>b</em>-values estimated for the earthquake sequences show evidence of an increasing trend in stress in the study area. Seismicity in the small-scale faulted basin adjacent to the large-scale fault zone is a possible indicator of regional stress. We also note that the aftershocks of the <em>M</em>5.7 earthquake sequence in 2012 and the <em>M</em>5.5 earthquake sequence in 2022 show relatively clear fluid diffusion-triggering characteristics. Overpressure of deep fluids is still the main factor driving seismic activity in the region, and we propose that the background tectonic stresses have not yet reached critical levels.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100384,"journal":{"name":"Earthquake Research Advances","volume":"2 3","pages":"Article 100138"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S277246702200029X/pdfft?md5=7d305c8d8fc0410b7ee4a73ba353c005&pid=1-s2.0-S277246702200029X-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89555118","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Xing Yan , Zhihui Deng , Jiping Liu , Shishan Ye , Zhiqun Chen , Tianren Zhong
{"title":"Numerical simulation of deep-hole resistivity anomaly caused by drilling construction in Xinfengjiang geoelectric station","authors":"Xing Yan , Zhihui Deng , Jiping Liu , Shishan Ye , Zhiqun Chen , Tianren Zhong","doi":"10.1016/j.eqrea.2022.100139","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eqrea.2022.100139","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The Xinfengjiang reservoir in Guangdong Province, is one of the large reservoirs that have triggered earthquakes of magnitude greater than 6. Numerous earthquakes have occurred since the impoundment of the reservoir, making it one of the most active seismic zones in south China. In 2015, a set of deep-hole resistivity anomalies was observed in the Heping geoelectric station in Dongyuan county, located near the Xinfengjiang reservoir. After a field investigation, we found that a planned well drilling construction of new measuring channels was being carried out during that corresponding period of time. After careful comparison and analysis on the basis of the collected raw data, we had a reason to believe that drilling construction, rather than the inducement of the Xinfengjiang reservoir, was the main culprit for those unusual georesistivity values. So as to verify the above conjecture, we constructed a series of 3D finite element models based on the geological and hydrological information around Heping station and analyzed the drilling disturbances, respectively. Some significant conclusions were finally drawn according to the precise numerical simulation. This study gives a good example by combining numerical simulation with engineering practice as a way to understand the root cause of georesistivity anomalies in reality.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100384,"journal":{"name":"Earthquake Research Advances","volume":"2 3","pages":"Article 100139"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772467022000306/pdfft?md5=9ea5b2cf7c22b8fe6622a49764379192&pid=1-s2.0-S2772467022000306-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90410838","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hu Tao, Mengmeng Zhang, Li Gong, Xi Shi, Yijie Wang, Guoqiang Yang, Shaowei Lei
{"title":"The mechanism of slope instability due to rainfall-induced structural decay of earthquake-damaged loess","authors":"Hu Tao, Mengmeng Zhang, Li Gong, Xi Shi, Yijie Wang, Guoqiang Yang, Shaowei Lei","doi":"10.1016/j.eqrea.2022.100137","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eqrea.2022.100137","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Natural loess slopes are characterized by a strong geological structure, which is an important factor in maintaining slope stability. The magnitude and duration of the earthquake may disturb the soil structure at different levels degrees, locally changing the arrangement between soil particles. The process of rainfall humidification weakens the cementation between soil particles, and the disturbance and humidification change the structural state of the soil, which in turn causes sliding of the slope along with the decay of soil mechanical properties. As slope instability is often the result of a series of post-earthquake ripple effects, it is of great scientific significance to study the mechanism of slope instability due to the structural decay of earthquake-damaged loess exacerbated by rainfall. In this paper, the impact of structural decay of loess on slope stability is simulated by GEOSTUDIO software under three conditions: pre-earthquake rainfall, post-earthquake rainfall and earthquake, taking the landslide in Buzi Village, Min County, Gansu Province as an example. The comparative analysis of the calculation results shows that the structural properties of the slope without earthquake disturbance are influenced by infiltration amount. When it is fully saturated, the structural properties are similar to those of saturated soil, and the safety factor is reduced by 12.9%. In addition, the earthquake intensity and duration have different degrees of structural damage to the soil. When the structure is fully damaged, it is similar to that of remodelled soil, and the safety factor is reduced by 45.84%. Notably, the process of the earthquake and the following humidification generates the most serious damage to the loess structure, with a reduction in the safety factor of up to 56.15%. The quantitative analysis above obviously illustrates that the post-earthquake rainfall causes the most severe damage to structural loess slopes, and the resulting landslide hazard should not be underestimated.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100384,"journal":{"name":"Earthquake Research Advances","volume":"2 3","pages":"Article 100137"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772467022000288/pdfft?md5=76ae0b15684d203dd8ae76727807c70b&pid=1-s2.0-S2772467022000288-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82618325","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Liguo Yang , Shengjun Shao , Qilong Sun , Ping Wang
{"title":"Experimental study on the dynamic modulus of compacted loess under bidirectional dynamic load","authors":"Liguo Yang , Shengjun Shao , Qilong Sun , Ping Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.eqrea.2022.100115","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eqrea.2022.100115","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The dynamic characteristics of compacted loess are of great significance to the seismic construction of the Loess Plateau area in Northwest China, where earthquakes frequently occur. To study the change in the dynamic modulus of the foundation soil under the combined action of vertical and horizontal earthquakes, a hollow cylindrical torsion shear instrument capable of vibrating in four directions was used to perform two-way coupling of compression and torsion of Xi'an compacted loess under different dry density and deviator stress ratios. The results show that increasing the dry density can improve the initial dynamic compression modulus and initial dynamic shear modulus of compacted loess. With an increase in the deviator stress ratio, the initial dynamic compression modulus increases, to a certain extent, but the initial dynamic shear modulus decreases slightly. The dynamic modulus gradually decreases with the development of dynamic strain and tends to be stable, and the dynamic modulus that reaches the same strain increases with an increasing dry density. At the initial stage of dynamic loading, the attenuation of the dynamic shear modulus with the strain development is faster than that of the dynamic compression modulus. Compared with previous research results, it is determined that the dynamic modulus of loess under bidirectional dynamic loading is lower and the attenuation rate is faster than that under single-direction dynamic loading. The deviator stress ratio has a more obvious effect on the dynamic compression modulus. The increase in the deviator stress ratio can increase the dynamic compression modulus, to a certain extent. However, the deviator stress ratio has almost no effect on the dynamic shear modulus, and can therefore be ignored.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100384,"journal":{"name":"Earthquake Research Advances","volume":"2 3","pages":"Article 100115"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772467022000033/pdfft?md5=77787b5d06f4b8a9dc5df763071e11f0&pid=1-s2.0-S2772467022000033-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85978726","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yu Zhang , Hongjian Jiang , Gexue Bai , Bingbing Han
{"title":"Coupling action of rainfall and vehicle loads impact on the stability of loess slopes based on the iso-water content layer","authors":"Yu Zhang , Hongjian Jiang , Gexue Bai , Bingbing Han","doi":"10.1016/j.eqrea.2022.100143","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eqrea.2022.100143","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>To clarify the changes in slope stability of loess slopes under the coupling action of rainfall and vehicle loads. Experiments with different water contents under different environmental conditions were carried out indoors, and the relationship function between water content and shear strength parameters was obtained; Secondly, based on Geostudio, an equivalent layered calculation model of water content-strength parameters of loess slope was established, the variation law of soil sample matrix suction with volumetric water content was measured by volumetric pressure plate tester. Finally, by using a combination of finite element analysis of saturated/unsaturated seepage and limit equilibrium analysis of slope stability, the SLOPE/W module in the modeling software GeoStudio is used to calculate and analyze the effects of vehicle loads, rainfall intensity, rainfall duration, and other working conditions on the stability of loess slopes, respectively. The results show that when the lane is in the middle of the slope, the vehicle load parameters have little effect on the uphill stability, but have a greater impact on the downhill; With the increase in rainfall, the change curves of the slope safety coefficient gradually overlap when the vehicle loads are four-axis,five-axis, and six-axis. This shows that when studying the change of slope safety factor under the dual influence of vehicle loads and rainfall, rainfall is the main cause of slope stability; The change rate of slope safety factor increases gradually with the increase of rainfall, and the change trends of the upper, lower and overall parts of the slope are similar.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100384,"journal":{"name":"Earthquake Research Advances","volume":"2 3","pages":"Article 100143"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772467022000343/pdfft?md5=574b23f819451e68749b37ddf230a0c5&pid=1-s2.0-S2772467022000343-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78959855","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jing Liu-Zeng , Wenqian Yao , Xiaoli Liu , Yanxiu Shao , Wenxin Wang , Longfei Han , Yan Wang , Xianyang Zeng , Jinyang Li , Zijun Wang , Zhijun Liu , Hongwei Tu
{"title":"High-resolution structure-from-motion models covering 160 km-long surface ruptures of the 2021 MW 7.4 Madoi earthquake in northern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau","authors":"Jing Liu-Zeng , Wenqian Yao , Xiaoli Liu , Yanxiu Shao , Wenxin Wang , Longfei Han , Yan Wang , Xianyang Zeng , Jinyang Li , Zijun Wang , Zhijun Liu , Hongwei Tu","doi":"10.1016/j.eqrea.2022.100140","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eqrea.2022.100140","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The 22 May 2021 <em>M</em><sub>W</sub> 7.4 Madoi, Qinghai, China earthquake presented a rare opportunity to apply the modern unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) photography method in extreme altitude and weather conditions to image surface ruptures and near-field effects of earthquake-related surface deformations in the remote Tibet. High-resolution aerial photographs were acquired in the days immediately following the mainshock. The complex surface rupture patterns associated with this event were covered comprehensively at 3–6 cm resolution. This effort represents the first time that an earthquake rupture in the interior of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau has been fully and systematically captured by such high-resolution imagery, with an unprecedented level of detail, over its entire length. The dataset has proven valuable in documenting subtle and transient rupture features, such as the significant mole-tracks and opening fissures, which were ubiquitous coseismically but degraded during the subsequent summer storm season. Such high-quality imagery also helps to document with high fidelity the fractures of the surface rupture zone (supplements of this paper), the pattern related to how the faults ruptured to the ground surface, and the distribution of off-fault damage. In combination with other ground-based mapping efforts, the data will be analyzed in the following months to better understand the mechanics of earthquake rupture related to the fault zone rheology, rupture dynamics, and frictional properties along with the fault interface.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100384,"journal":{"name":"Earthquake Research Advances","volume":"2 2","pages":"Article 100140"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772467022000318/pdfft?md5=9564dcdb3efacb90c1b2fffb0d61b4c5&pid=1-s2.0-S2772467022000318-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76507591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Junlun Li , Huajian Yao , Baoshan Wang , Yang Yang , Xin Hu , Lishu Zhang , Beng Ye , Jun Yang , Xiaobin Li , Feng Liu , Guoyi Chen , Chang Guo , Wen Yang
{"title":"A real-time AI-assisted seismic monitoring system based on new nodal stations with 4G telemetry and its application in the Yangbi MS 6.4 aftershock monitoring in southwest China","authors":"Junlun Li , Huajian Yao , Baoshan Wang , Yang Yang , Xin Hu , Lishu Zhang , Beng Ye , Jun Yang , Xiaobin Li , Feng Liu , Guoyi Chen , Chang Guo , Wen Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.eqrea.2021.100033","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.eqrea.2021.100033","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A rapidly deployable dense seismic monitoring system which is capable of transmitting acquired data in real time and analyzing data automatically is crucial in seismic hazard mitigation after a major earthquake. However, it is rather difficult for current seismic nodal stations to transmit data in real time for an extended period of time, and it usually takes a great amount of time to process the acquired data manually. To monitor earthquakes in real time flexibly, we develop a mobile integrated seismic monitoring system consisting of newly developed nodal units with 4G telemetry and a real-time AI-assisted automatic data processing workflow. The integrated system is convenient for deployment and has been successfully applied in monitoring the aftershocks of the Yangbi <em>M</em><sub>S</sub> 6.4 earthquake occurred on May 21, 2021 in Yangbi County, Dali City, Yunnan in southwest China. The acquired seismic data are transmitted almost in real time through the 4G cellular network, and then processed automatically for event detection, positioning, magnitude calculation and source mechanism inversion. From tens of seconds to a couple of minutes at most, the final seismic attributes can be presented remotely to the end users through the integrated system. From May 27 to June 17, the real-time system has detected and located 7 905 aftershocks in the Yangbi area before the internal batteries exhausted, far more than the catalog provided by China Earthquake Networks Center using the regional permanent stations. The initial application of this integrated real-time monitoring system is promising, and we anticipate the advent of a new era for Real-time Intelligent Array Seismology (RIAS), for better monitoring and understanding the subsurface dynamic processes caused by Earth's internal forces as well as anthropogenic activities.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":100384,"journal":{"name":"Earthquake Research Advances","volume":"2 2","pages":"Article 100033"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772467021000336/pdfft?md5=6de5425d8f548808416457cb6994ed67&pid=1-s2.0-S2772467021000336-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91353988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}