Mechanism of deep low frequency earthquakes: Further evidence that deep non-volcanic tremor is generated by shear slip on the plate interface

Details Mechanism of deep low frequency earthquakes: Further evidence that deep non-volcanic tremor is generated by shear slip on the plate interface Mechanism of deep low frequency earthquakes: Further evidence that deep non-volcanic tremor is generated by shear slip on the plate interface

Feb 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007georl..3403308i&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 34, Issue 3, CiteID L03308

Physics

53

Seismology: Body Waves, Seismology: Earthquake Source Observations (1240), Seismology: Seismicity And Tectonics (1207, 1217, 1240, 1242), Seismology: Subduction Zones (1207, 1219, 1240)

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We study the mechanism of low frequency earthquakes (LFEs) in the Nankai Trough in western Shikoku, Japan. Precise locations have previously suggested that they represent shear slip on the plate boundary. In this paper we examine the mechanism of these events. Due to the low signal-to-noise ratio, we analyze stacked LFE waveforms and compare them with the waveforms of nearby earthquakes of known mechanism within the subducting Philippine Sea Plate. Analysis of both the focal mechanism using P-wave first-motions and the moment tensor using S waveforms indicates that LFEs represent shear slip on a low-angle thrust fault dipping to the northwest, namely the plate interface. Together with reports that deep tremor consists of a swarm of LFEs, our results suggest that deep tremor is generated directly by shear slip on the plate interface, and as such represents a seismic signature of the accompanying slow slip events.

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