• Search Research Projects
  • Search Researchers
  • How to Use
  1. Back to previous page

Why did the Kumamoto earthquake stop within the Aso Caldera?: Termination of fault rupture explored by geodetic observation and numerical simulation

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18K03810
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 17040:Solid earth sciences-related
Research InstitutionGeospatial Information Authority of Japan (Geography and Crustal Dynamics Research Center)

Principal Investigator

Kobayashi Tomokazu  国土地理院(地理地殻活動研究センター), その他部局等, 研究室長 (40447991)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 安藤 亮輔  東京大学, 大学院理学系研究科(理学部), 准教授 (10455256)
松尾 功二  国土地理院(地理地殻活動研究センター), その他部局等, 主任研究官 (80722800)
中埜 貴元  国土地理院(地理地殻活動研究センター), その他部局等, 研究官 (60511962)
Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2023-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000)
Keywords断層破壊の停止 / 内陸地震 / 火山 / 地殻変動 / SAR / 重力 / 密度構造 / 3次元動的破壊数値シミュレーション / 熊本地震 / 阿蘇カルデラ / 断層破壊 / 測地観測 / 数値計算
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Conducting crustal deformation analysis using synthetic aperture radar satellite data, we have successfully revealed that the fault slip for the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake progressively converged just after penetrating a few km into the Aso caldera. We inferred the density contrast structure using gravity data, and found that a low-density body exists in the shallow part of the western edge of the caldera at a depth of a few km. The fault slip penetrated the low-density region, and then dissipated. It is suggested that a hydrothermal environment has developed in the region, resulting in a high-temperature crustal structure which could prevent from further brittle rupture. Our numerical simulation of dynamic rupture indicates that the presence of low stress field in the caldera is closely related to the terminus of fault rupture.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

内陸地震における断層末端のすべりの様子とその周囲の地殻構造を従来にない高い空間分解能で捉えたことにより、火山地域における高温の地熱地帯が断層破壊の停止に強く関与していたことを明らかにした。このことは、地震と火山の相互作用が断層破壊の停止の要因を考える上で重要な視点となり得ることを当該研究分野に示すものである。

Report

(6 results)
  • 2022 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • 2019 Research-status Report
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (11 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2019

All Journal Article (4 results) (of which Open Access: 4 results) Presentation (7 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 3 results)

  • [Journal Article] 熊本地震はなぜ阿蘇カルデラ内で止まったのか?: 測地観測と数値計算で探る破壊の終焉(第5年次)2023

    • Author(s)
      小林知勝,松尾功二,中埜貴元
    • Journal Title

      国土地理院調査研究年報(令和4年度)

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 熊本地震はなぜ阿蘇カルデラ内で止まったのか?: 測地観測と数値計算で探る破壊の終焉(第4年次)2022

    • Author(s)
      小林知勝,松尾功二,中埜貴元
    • Journal Title

      国土地理院調査研究年報(令和3年度)

      Volume: - Pages: 176-179

    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 熊本地震はなぜ阿蘇カルデラ内で止まったのか?:測地観測と数値計算で探る破壊の終焉(第 3 年次)2021

    • Author(s)
      松尾功二,中埜貴元,小林知勝
    • Journal Title

      国土地理院調査研究年報(令和2年度)

      Volume: -

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] 熊本地震はなぜ阿蘇カルデラ内で止まったのか?:測地観測と数値計算で探る破壊の終焉(第 1 年次)2019

    • Author(s)
      小林知勝,松尾功二
    • Journal Title

      国土地理院調査研究年報(平成30年度)

      Volume: - Pages: 138-140

    • Related Report
      2019 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Presentation] 2016年Mw7.0熊本地震の動的破壊に対する分岐断層の効果:シミュレーションによる検討2023

    • Author(s)
      綿貫元起,安藤亮輔,小林知勝,中埜貴元,松尾功二
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合2023年大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 2016年熊本地震の断層終端部における断層滑りと密度構造の3次元分布2022

    • Author(s)
      小林知勝,松尾功二,安藤亮輔,中埜貴元
    • Organizer
      日本地震学会秋季大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 2016年熊本地震の断層終端部における断層運動と地下の密度構造の関係2022

    • Author(s)
      小林知勝,松尾功二,安藤亮輔,中埜貴元
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合2022年大会
    • Related Report
      2022 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] What controlled the fault ruptures in the final stage?: A comparison of SAR-derived fault slips with gravity-inferred density structures for the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake in Japan2021

    • Author(s)
      Tomokazu Kobayashi, Koji Matsuo, Ryosuke Ando, and Takayuki Nakano
    • Organizer
      The American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Impact of topographic density variations on subsurface structure estimation by gravity inversion- a case study in Aso Caldera, Japan2021

    • Author(s)
      Koji Matsuo, Tomokazu Kobayashi, Ryosuke Ando, and Takayuki Nakano
    • Organizer
      The American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2021
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 2016年熊本地震の断層終端部における地殻変動と重力データから推定した地下の密度構造の詳細2021

    • Author(s)
      小林知勝,松尾功二,安藤亮輔,中埜貴元
    • Organizer
      地震学会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] A Comparison of Fault Ruptures with Gravity-based Structures in Volcano Caldera: Analysis of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake, Japan2019

    • Author(s)
      Tomokazu Kobayashi, Koji Matsuo, Ryosuke Ando, and Takayuki Nakano
    • Organizer
      27th International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics General Assembly
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

URL: 

Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2024-01-30  

Information User Guide FAQ News Terms of Use Attribution of KAKENHI

Powered by NII kakenhi