Routine regional moment tensor inversion for earthquakes in the Greek region: The national observatory of Athens (NOA) database (2001-2006)

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 750-760

  Konstantinou, K I ^a   Melis, N S ^b   Boukouras, K ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Geodynamic Institute   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOMENT TENSOR INVERSION; MOMENT TENSORS; ON-LINE MATERIALS; SOLUTION QUALITY;

TENSORS;

EID: 77957552403     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.81.5.750     Document Type: Article

References (50)

1. Baker, C., D. Hatzfeld, H. Lyon-Caen, E. Papadimitriou, and A. Rigo (1997). Earthquake mechanisms of the Adriatic Sea and western Greece: Implications for the oceanic subduction-continental collision transition. Geophysical Journal International 131, 559-594.
2. Benetatos, C., A. Kiratzi, C. Papazachos, and G. Karakaisis (2004). Focal mechanisms of shallow and intermediate depth earthquakes along the Hellenic arc. Journal of Geodynamics 37, 253-296; doi:10.1016/j.jog.2004.02.002.
3. Benetatos, C., A. Kiratzi, Z. Roumelioti, G. Stavrakakis, G. Drakatos, and I. Latoussakis (2005). The 14 August 2003 Lefkada island (Greece) earthquake: Focal mechanisms of the mainshock and of the aftershock sequence. Journal of Seismology 9, 171-190; doi:10.1007/s10950-005-7092-1.
4. Bernard, P., P. Briole, B. Meyer, H. Lyon-Caen, J. M. Gomez, C. Tiberi, C. Berge et al. (1997). The Ms = 6.2, June 15 1995 Aigion earthquake (Greece): Evidence for low angle normal faulting in the Corinth rift. Journal of Seismology 1, 131-150.
5. Braunmiller, J., U. Kradolfer, M. Baer, and D. Giardini (2002). Regional moment tensor determination in the European-Mediterranean area-initial results. Tectonophysics 356, 5-22.
6. Clinton, J. F., E. Hauksson, and K. Solanki (2006). An evaluation of the SCSN moment tensor solutions: Robustness of the Mw magnitude scale, style of faulting and automation of the method. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 96, 1,689-1,705; doi:10.1785/0120050241.
7. Engdahl, E. R., R. D. van der Hilst, and R. P. Buland (1998). Global teleseismic earthquake relocation with improved travel time and procedures for depth determination. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 88, 722-743.
8. Evangelidis, C., K. I. Konstantinou, N. S. Melis, M. Charalambakis, and G. N. Stavrakakis (2008). Waveform relocation and focal mechanism analysis of an earthquake swarm in Trichonis Lake, western Greece. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 98, 804- 811; doi:10.1785/0120070185.
9. Frohlich, C., and S. D. Davis (1999). How well are well-constrained T, B and P axes in moment tensor catalogs? Journal of Geophysical Research 104, 4,901-4,910.
10. Ghose, S., M. W. Hamburger, and C. J. Ammon (1998). Source parameters of moderate-sized earthquakes in the Tien-Shan, central Asia from regional moment tensor inversion. Geophysical Research Letters 25, 3,181-3,184.
11. Gomberg, J. S., K. M. Shedlock, and S. W. Roecker (1990). The effect of S-wave arrival times on the accuracy of hypocentre estimation. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 80, 1,605-1,628.
12. Hatzfeld, D., D. Kementzetzidou, V. Karakostas, M. Ziazia, S. Nothard, D. Diagourtas, A. Deschamps et al., (1996). The Galaxidi earthquake of 18 November 1992: A possible asperity within the normal fault system of the Gulf of Corinth (Greece). Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 86, 1,987-1,991.
13. Haslinger, F., E. Kissling, J. Ansorge, D. Hatzfeld, E. Papadimitriou, V. Karakostas, K. Makropoulos, H.-G. Kahle, and Y. Peter (1999). 3D crustal structure from local earthquake tomography around the Gulf of Arta (Ionian region, NW Greece). Tectonophysics 304, 201-218.
14. Hollenstein, C., M. D. Müller, A. Geiger, and H.-G. Kahle (2008). Crustal motion and deformation in Greece from a decade of GPS measurements, 1993-2003. Tectonophysics 449, 17-40; doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2007.12.006
15. Hutton, L. K., and D. M. Boore (1987). The ML scale in southern California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 77, 2,074-2,094.
16. Kagan, Y. Y. (1991). 3-D rotation of double-couple earthquake sources. Geophysical Journal International 106, 709-716.
17. Kao, H., and P. R. Jian (2001). Seismogenic patterns in the Taiwan region: Insights from source parameter inversion of BATS data. Tectonophysics 333, 179-198.
18. Karagianni, E. E., C. B. Papazachos, D. G. Panagiotopoulos, P. Suhaldoc, A. Vuan, and G. F. Panza (2005). Shear velocity structure in the Aegean area obtained by inversion of Rayleigh waves. Geophysical Journal International 160, 127-143; doi:10.1111/ j.1365-246X.2005.02354.x.
19. Kennett, B. N. L. (1983). Seismic Wave Propagation in Stratified Media. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
20. Kiratzi, A., and E. Louvari (2003). Focal mechanisms of shallow earthquakes in the Aegean Sea and the surrounding lands determined by waveform modelling: A new database. Journal of Geodynamics 36, 251-274; doi:10.1016/S0264-3707(03)00050-4.
21. Konstantinou, K. I., I. S. Kalogeras, N. S. Melis, M. C. Kourouzidis, and G. N. Stavrakakis (2006). The 8 January 2006 earthquake (Mw 6.7) offshore Kythira island, southern Greece: Seismological, strong-motion and macroseismic observations of an intermediatedepth event. Seismological Research Letters 77, 544-553.
22. Konstantinou, K. I., S.-J. Lee, C. P. Evangelidis, and N. S. Melis (2009). Source process and tectonic implications of the 8 January 2006 (Mw 6.7) Kythira earthquake, southern Greece. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 175, 167-182; doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2009.03.010.
23. Konstantinou, K. I., N. S. Melis, S.-J. Lee, C. P. Evangelidis, and K. Boukouras (2009). Rupture process and aftershocks relocation of the 8 June 2008 Mw 6.4 NW Peloponnese, Western Greece. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 99, 3,374-3,389; doi:10.1785/0120080301.
24. Kubo, A., E. Fukuyama, H. Kawai, and K. Nonomura (2002). NEID seismic moment tensor catalogue for regional earthquakes around Japan: Quality test and application. Tectonophysics 356, 23-48.
25. Lee, W. H. K., and J. C. Lahr (1972). HYPO71: A Computer Program for Determining Hypocenter, Magnitude and First Motion Pattern for Local Earthquakes. USGS Open-File Report, 100 pp.
26. Le Pichon, X., and J. Angelier (1979). The Hellenic arc and trench system: A key to the neotectonic evolution of the eastern Mediterranean area. Tectonophysics 60, 1-42.
27. Le Pichon, X., N. Chamot-Rooke, S. Lallemant, R. Noomen, and G. Veis (1995). Geodetic determination of the kinematics of central Greece with respect to Europe: Implications for eastern Mediterranean tectonics. Journal of Geophysical Research 100, 12,675-12,690.
28. Lyon-Caen, H., R. Armijo, J. Drakopoulos, J. Baskoutas, N. Delibasis, R. Gaulon, V. Kouskouna et al., (1988). The 1986 Kalamata (south Peloponnese) earthquake: Detailed study of a normal fault, evidence for an east-west extension in the Hellenic arc. Journal of Geophysical Research 93, 14,967-15,000.
29. McClusky S., S. Balassanian, A. Barka, C. Demir, S. Ergintav, I. Georgiev, O. Gurkan et al., (2000). Global positioning system constraints on plate kinematics and dynamics in the eastern Mediterranean and Caucasus. Journal of Geophysical Research 105, 5,695-5,719.
30. Melis, N. S., G. N. Stavrakakis, and J. Zahradnik (2001). Focal properties of the Mw = 6.5 Skyros, Aegean Sea, earthquake. ORFEUS Electronic Newsletter 3 (2), 11.
31. Melis, N. S., and K. I. Konstantinou (2006). Real-time seismic monitoring in the Greek region: An example from the 17 October 2005 east Aegean Sea earthquake sequence. Seismological Research Letters 77, 364-370.
32. Novotny, O., J. Zahradnik, and G. A. Tselentis (2001). Northwestern Turkey earthquakes and the crustal structure inferred from surface waves observed in western Greece. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 91, 875-879.
33. Papadopoulos, G. A., D. Kondopoulou, G.-A. Leventakis, and S. Pavlides (1986). Seismotectonics of the Aegean region. Tectonophysics 124, 67-84.
34. Papazachos, B. C., V. G. Karakostas, C. B. Papazachos, and E. M. Scordilis (2000). The geometry of the Wadati-Benioff zone and lithospheric kinematics in the Hellenic arc. Tectonophysics 319, 275-300.
35. Papazachos, B., A. Kiratzi, B. Karakostas, D. Panagiotopoulos, E. Scordilis, and D. M. Mountrakis (1988). Surface fault traces, fault plane solutions and spatial distribution of the aftershocks of the September 13, 1986 earthquake of Kalamata (southern Greece). Pure and Applied Geophysics 126, 55-68.
36. Papazachos, C. B., and G. Nolet (1997). P and S velocity structure of the Hellenic area obtained by robust nonlinear inversion of travel times. Journal of Geophysical Research 102, 8,349-8,367.
37. Papazachos, B. C., D. G. Panagiotopoulos, T. M. Tsapanos, D. M. Mountrakis, and G. C. Dimopoulos (1983). A study of the 1980 summer seismic sequence in the Magnesia region of central Greece. Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society 75, 155-168.
38. Papazachos, B. C., and K. Papazachou (1997). The Earthquakes of Greece. Thessaloniki, Greece: Ziti Editions.
39. Pondrelli, S., A. Morelli, G. Ekström, S. Mazza, E. Boschi, and A. M. Dziewonski (2002). European-Mediterranean regional centroidmoment tensors: 1997-2000. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 130, 71-101.
40. Randall, G. E. (1994). Efficient calculation of complete differential seismograms for laterally homogeneous earth models. Geophysical Journal International 118, 245-254.
41. Randall, G. E., C. J. Ammon, and T. J. Owens (1995). Moment tensor estimation using regional seismograms from a Tibetan plateau portable network deployment. Geophysical Research Letters 22, 1,665-1,668.
42. Richter, C. F. (1935). An instrumental earthquake magnitude scale. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 25, 1-32.
43. Risteau, J. (2008). Implementation of routine regional moment tensor analysis in New Zealand. Seismological Research Letters 79, 400- 415; doi:10.1785/gssrl.81.5.400.
44. Risteau, J. (2009). Comparison of magnitude estimates for New Zealand earthquakes: Moment magnitude, local magnitude and teleseismic body-wave magnitude. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 99, 1,841-1,852; doi:10.1785/0120080237.
45. Ritsema, J., and T. Lay (1995). Long-period regional wave moment tensor inversion for earthquakes in the western United States. Journal of Geophysical Research 100, 9,853-9,864.
46. Roumelioti, Z., C. Benetatos, A. Kiratzi, G. Stavrakakis, and N. Melis (2004). A study of the 2 December 2002 (M 5.5) Vartholomio (western Peloponnese, Greece) earthquake and of its largest aftershocks. Tectonophysics 387, 65-79; doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2004.06.008.
47. Sachpazi, M., A. Hirn, C. Clément, F. Haslinger, M. Laigle, E. Kissling, P. Charvis, Y. Hello, J.-C. Lépine, M. Sapine, and J. Ansorge (2000). Western Hellenic subduction and Cephalonia transform: Local earthquakes and plate transport and strain. Tectonophysics 319, 301-319.
48. Stich, D., C. J. Ammon, and J. Morales (2003). Moment tensor solutions for small and moderate earthquakes in the Ibero- Maghreb region. Journal of Geophysical Research 108, 2,148; doi:10.1029/2002JB002057.
49. Thio, H. K., and H. Kanamori (1996). Source complexity of the 1994 Northridge earthquake and its relation to aftershock mechanisms. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 86, S84-S92.
50. Zhao, L. S., and D. V. Helmberger (1994). Source estimation from broadband regional seismograms. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 84, 91-104.