Delayed triggering of microearthquakes by multiple surface waves circling the Earth

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Feb 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011georl..3804306p&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 38, Issue 4, CiteID L04306

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Seismology: Earthquake Interaction, Forecasting, And Prediction (1217, 1242, 4315), Seismology: Earthquake Source Observations (1240), Seismology: Transform Faults, Seismology: Surface Waves And Free Oscillations

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It is well known that direct surface waves of large earthquakes are capable of triggering shallow earthquakes and deep tremor at long-range distances. However, it is not clear whether multiple surface waves circling the Earth could also trigger/modulate seismic activities. Here we conduct a systematic search of remotely triggered microearthquakes near the Coso Geothermal Field in central California following the 2010 Mw 8.8 Chile earthquake. We find a statistically significant increase of microearthquakes in the first few hours after the Chile mainshock. These observations of apparently delayed earthquake triggering do not follow the Omori-law decay with time since the largest ML 3.5 event occurred during the large-amplitude Love waves. Instead, they are better correlated with the first three groups of multiple surface waves (G1 - R1, G2 - R2, and G3). Our observation provides an alternative explanation of delayed triggering of microearthquakes at long-range distances, at least in the first few hours after large earthquakes.

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