Similarities and differences in the rupture process of the M ~ 4.8 repeating-earthquake sequence off Kamaishi, northeast Japan: Comparison between the 2001 and 2008 events

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2355-2368

  Shimamura, Kouhei ^a   Matsuzawa, Toru ^a   Okada, Tomomi ^a   Uchida, Naoki ^a   Kono, Toshio ^a   Hasegawa, Akira ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND SEISMIC NETWORK; EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCES; HIGH FREQUENCY COMPONENTS; MAINSHOCK; MEAN RECURRENCE INTERVALS; P- AND S-WAVES; PLATE BOUNDARIES; REPEATING EARTHQUAKE; RUPTURE PROCESS; SEISMIC WAVEFORMS; SLIP DISTRIBUTION; SOURCE AREA; SOURCE PROCESS; TOHOKU UNIVERSITY;

EARTHQUAKES;

BROADBAND DATA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT SLIP; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMOGRAM; SLIP RATE; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

HONSHU; IWATE; JAPAN; KAMAISHI; TOHOKU;

EID: 80053176458     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120100295     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Ariyoshi, K., T. Matsuzawa, R. Hino, and A. Hasegawa (2007). Triggered non-similar slip events on repeating earthquake asperities: Results from 3D numerical simulations based on a friction law, Geophys. Res. Lett. 34, doi 10.1029/2006GL028323.
2. Boatwright, J., and M. Cocco (1996). Frictional constraints on crustal faulting, J. Geophys. Res. 101, 895-909
3. Ellsworth, W. L. (1995). Characteristic earthquakes and long-term earthquake forecasts: Implications of central California seismicity, in Urban Disaster Mitigation: The Role of Science and Technology F. Y. Cheng and M. S. Sheu (Editors), Elsevier, Oxford, 1-14
4. Geller, R. J., and C. S. Mueller (1980). Four similar earthquakes in central California, Geophys. Res. Lett. 7, 821-824
5. Hartzell, S. (1978). Earthquake aftershocks as Green's functions, Geophys. Res. Lett. 5, 1-4
6. Hartzell, S., and T. Heaton (1983). Inversion of strong ground motion and teleseismic waveform data for the fault rupture history of the 1979 Imperial Valley, California, earthquake, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 73, 1553-1583
7. Hasegawa, A., N. Umino, and A. Takagi (1978). Double-planed structure of the deep seismic zone in the northeastern Japan arc, Tectonophysics 47, 43-58
8. Hori, T., and S. Miyazaki (2010). Hierarchical asperity model for multiscale characteristic earthquakes: A numerical study for the off-Kamaishi earthquake sequence in the NE Japan subduction zone, Geophys. Res. Lett. 37, doi 10.1029/2010GL042669.
9. Igarashi, T., T. Matsuzawa, and A. Hasegawa (2003). Repeating earthquakes and interplate aseismic slip in the northeastern Japan subduction zone, J. Geophys. Res. 108, doi 10.1029/2002JB001920.
10. Kanamori, H. (1981). The nature of seismicity patterns before large earthquakes, in Earth Prediction: An international review, D. W. Simpson and P. G. Richards (Editors), Maurice Ewing Ser. 4, AGU, Washington, D.C., 1-19
11. Konca, A. O., J-P. Avouac, A. Sladen, A. J. Meltzner, K. Sieh, P. Fang, Z. Li, J. Galetzka, J. Genrich, M. Chlieh, D. H. Natawidijaja, Y. Bock, E. J. Fielding, C. Ji, and D. V. Helmberger (2008). Partial rupture of a locked patch of the Sumatra megathrust during the 2007 earthquake sequence, Nature 456, doi 10.1038/nature07572.
12. Lay, T., and H. Kanamori (1980). Earthquake doublets in the Solomon Islands, Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 21, 283-304
13. Lay, T., and H. Kanamori (1981). An asperity model of large earthquake sequences, in Earth Prediction: An International Review D. W. Simpson and P. G. Richards (Editors), Maurice Ewing Ser. 4, AGU, Washington, D.C., 579-592
14. Lay, T., H. Kanamori, and L. Ruff (1982). The asperity model and the nature of large subduction zone earthquakes, Earthquake Pred. Res. 1, 3-71
15. Matsuzawa, T., T. Igarashi, and A. Hasegawa (1999). Characteristic smallearthquake sequence off Sanriku, Japan, Eos Trans. AGU 80, no. 46, F724.
16. Matsuzawa, T., T. Igarashi, and A. Hasegawa (2002). Characteristic small-earthquake sequence off Sanriku, northeastern Honshu, Japan, Geophys. Res. Lett. 29, doi 10.1029/2001GL014632.
17. Mori, J., and S. Hartzell (1990). Source inversion of the 1998 Upland, California, earthquake: Determination of a fault plane for a small event, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 80, 507-518
18. Nadeau, R. M., and T. V. McEvilly (1997). Seismological studies at Parkfield V: Characteristic microearthquakes sequence as fault-zone drilling targets, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 87, 1463-1472
19. Nadeau, R. M., W. Foxall, and T. V. McEvilly (1995). Clustering and periodic recurrence of microearthquakes on the San Andreas fault at Parkfield, California, Science 267, 503-507, doi 10.1126/ science.267.5197.503.
20. Nagai, R., M. Kikuchi, and Y. Yamanaka (2001). Comparative study on the source process of recurrent large earthquakes in Sanriku-oki region: The 1968 Tokachi-oki earthquake and the 1994 Sanriku-oki earthquake, J. Seismol. Soc. Jpn. 52, 267-289 (in Japanese with English abstract).
21. Okada, T., T. Matsuzawa, and A. Hasegawa (2003). Comparison of source areas of M4:8 +/- 0:1 repeating earthquakes off Kamaishi, NE Japan: Are asperities persistent features? Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 213, 361-374
22. Park, S. C., and J. Mori (2007). Are asperity patterns persistent? Implication from large earthquakes in Papua New Guinea, J. Geophys. Res. 112, doi 10.1029/2006JB004481.
23. Scholz, C. H. (1990). The Mechanics of Earthquakes and Faulting, Cambridge Univ. Press, New York.
24. Uchida, N., T. Matsuzawa, W. L. Ellsworth, K. Imanishi, T. Okada, and A. Hasegawa (2007). Source parameters of a M 4.8 and its accompanying repeating earthquakes off Kamaishi, NE Japan: Implications for the hierarchical structure of asperities and earthquake cycle, Geophys. Res. Lett. 34, L20313, doi 10.1029/2007GL031263.
25. Uchida, N., T. Matsuzawa, T. Okada, K. Shimamura, A. Hasegawa, K. Imanishi, and W. L. Ellsworth (2008). The 2008 off-Kamaishi repeating earthquake and micro earthquake activity around the event, JPGU 2008 Meeting, S142-007 (in Japanese with English abstract).
26. Waldhauser, F., andW. L. Ellsworth (2000). A double-difference earthquake location algorithm: Method and application to the northern Hayward fault, California, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 90, 1353-1368, doi 10.1785/ 0120000006.
27. Wessel, P., and W. H. F. Smith (1998). New, improved version of Generic Mapping Tools released, Eos Trans. AGU 79, 579.
28. Williams, T., C. Kelley, H.-B. Bröker, J. Campbell, R. Cunningham, D. Denholm, G. Elber, R. Fearick, C. Grammes, L. Hart, L. Hecking, T. Koenig, D. Kotz, E. Kubaitis, R. Lang, A. Lehmann, A. Mai, E. A. Merritt, P. Mikulik, C. Steger, T. Tkacik, J. V. der Woude, A. Woo, J. R. V. Zandt, and J. Zellner (2004). Gnuplot--An Interactive Plotting Program, ver. 4.0, http://gnuplot.info/.
29. Wu, C., K. Koketsu, and H. Miyake (2008). Source processes of the 1978 and 2005 Miyagi-oki, Japan, earthquakes: Repeated rupture of asperities over successive large earthquakes, J. Geophys. Res. 113, doi 10.1029/2007JB005189.
30. Yagi, Y. (2004). Source rupture process of the 2003 Tokachi-oki earthquake determined by joint inversion of teleseismic body wave and strong ground motion data, Earth Planets Space 56, 31-316
31. Yaginuma, T., T. Okada, A. Hasegawa, K. Kato, M. Takemura, and Y. Yagi (2007). Coseismic slip distribution of the 2005 Miyagi-Oki (M 7.2) earthquake estimated by inversion of strong-motion and teleseismic waveforms-Its relation with the 1978 Miyagi-Oki earthquake (M 7.4), J. Seismol. Soc. Jpn. 60, 43-53 (in Japanese with English abstract).
32. Yamanaka, Y., and M. Kikuchi (2003). Source process of the recurrent Tokachi-oki earthquake on September 26, 2003, inferred from teleseismic body waves, Earth Planets Space 55, e21-e24.
33. Yamanaka, Y., and M. Kikuchi (2004). Asperity map along the subduction zone in northeastern Japan inferred form regional seismic data, J. Geophys. Res. 109, doi 10.1029/2003JB002683.