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2003 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

OBSERVATIONAL RESEARCH ON CRUSTAL STRUCTURE AROUND M6.1 EARTHQUAKE FAULT

Research Project

Project/Area Number 13440128
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 固体地球物理学
Research InstitutionTohoku University

Principal Investigator

NISHIMURA Takeshi  TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, 大学院・理学研究科, 助教授 (40222187)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) NAKAHARA Hisashi  TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE, RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, 大学院・理学研究科, 助手 (20302078)
TANAKA Satoru  TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE, RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, 大学院・理学研究科, 助手 (60281961)
SATO Haruo  TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE, PROFESSOR, 大学院・理学研究科, 教授 (80225987)
NAKAMURA Ayako  TOHOKU UNIVERSITY, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF SCIENCE, RESEARCH ASSOCIATE, 大学院・理学研究科, 助手 (70312543)
YAMAMOTO Hidekazu  IWATE UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, 工学部, 助教授 (00250639)
Project Period (FY) 2001 – 2003
KeywordsTemporal change / Crustal structure / Iwate volcano / Earthquake / Artificial seismic source / Earthquake family
Research Abstract

We investigate temporal changes of crustal structure around the 1998 M6.1 earthquake occurred south west of Volcano Iwate by analyzing seismic signals excited by artificial seismic experiments from 1998 to 2003 and by analyzing seismic waves of earthquake families occurring on the Pacific plate boundary. The seismic signals excited by the active shots were recorded by short period and broad band seismometers installed at permanent stations (GNB, ANS, AKM) of Tohoku University and a temporal station (MTI). We estimate phase difference of nearby two seismograms for the six shots by using a cross spectrum method. Then, we evaluate the seismic velocity changes of the structure during the two shots. The results show that the seismic velocity decreases about 1.5% at MTI and GNB stations, which are located at the northern edges of the fault, for shot 1 and shot 2, during which the M6.1 earthquake occurred. Then, the seismic velocity increases of about 0-0.5% is observed for the data from 1998 (after the M6.1 eq.) to 2002. From 2002 to 2003, about 0.3% velocity increase is observed again. Cross-correlation analyses of the earthquake families also show a significant temporal change of heterogeneity around the M6.1 earthquake and Volcano Iwate. We infer that these changes in shallow that are observed from 1998 to 2002 are related to stress release and accumulation of the M6.1 earthquakes and/or structure changes due to the intense volcanic activity of Mt Iwate at this period. We further determined a three-dimensional P-wave velocity structure around the M6.1 earthquake and the spatial distribution of slip and high-frequency wave radiation zone for the M6.1 earthquakes.

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  • [Publications] 内田直希, 西村太志, 吉本和生, 中原恒, 佐藤春夫, 大竹政和, 田中聡, 浜口博之: "1998年岩手県内陸北部地震前後の地震波速度変化"地震. 55. 193-206 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Nakahara, H., T.Nishimura, H.Sato, M.Ohtake, S.Kinoshita, H.Hamaguchi: "Broad-band source process of the 1998 Iwate Prefecture, Japan, earthquakes as revealed from inversion analyses of seismic waveforms and envelope"Bull.Seis.Soc.Am.. 92. 1708-1720 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Nakamura, A., A.Hasegawa, N.Hirata, T.Iwasaki, H.Hamaguchi: "Temporal variations of seismic wave velocity associated with 1998 M6.1 Shizukuishi earthquake"Pure.Appl.Geophys.. 159. 1183-1204 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Tanaka et al.: "Three-dimensional P-wave velocity structure of Iwate volcano, Japan from active seismic survey"Geophys.Res.Lett.. 29. 10.1029/2002 GL014983 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Uchida, N., T.Nishimura, K.Yoshimoto, H.Nakahara, H.Sato, M.Ohtake, S.Tanaka, H.Hamaguchi: "Temporal change of seismic-wave velocity associated with the 1998 northern Iwate prefecture, Japan earthquake."Bull.Seism.Soc. Japan. 55. 193-206 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Nakahara, H., T.Nishimura, H.Sato, M.Ohtake, S.Kinoshita, H.Hamaguch: "Broad-band source process of the 1998 Iwate Prefecture, Japan, earthquakes as revealed from inversion analyses of seismic waveforms and envelope."Bull.Seis.Soc.Am.. 92. 1708-1720 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Nakamura, A., A.Hasegawa, N.Hirata, T.Iwasaki, H.Hamaguchi: "Temporal variations of seismic wave velocity associated with 1998 M6.1 Shizukuishi earthquake."Pure.Appl.Geophys.. 159. 1183-1204 (2002)

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  • [Publications] Tanaka et al.: "Three-dimensional P-wave velocity structure of Iwate volcano, Japan from active seismic survey"Geophys.Res.Lett.. 29. 10.1029/2002GL014983 (2002)

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