摘要
The February 12,2014,MS7.3,earthquake in Yutian,Xinjiang,China,occurred as a result of shallow strike-slip faulting in the tectonically complex region of the northern Tibetan Plateau,with a depth of 17 km.This earthquake occurred several hundred kilometers north of the convergent India-Eurasia plate boundary.The epicenter location of the Yutian earthquake,36.1° N,82.5° E,is 110 km north of Yutian County,Hotan Prefecture.A large number of aftershocks from ML2.0 to ML3.0 occurred until 12:00oclock,February 23,2014 and the largest aftershock,MS5.7,occurred at 17:24 p.m.,February 12,2014.The b and h value of Yutian sequence are 0.70 and 1.29,respectively.The waiting time method reveals that the strong aftershocks above ML4.5comply with a linear relationship,which is consistent with the characteristics of a mainshock-aftershock sequence.Furthermore,we calculate the source parameters and analyze the rupture process based on the empirical relationships for the Yutian earthquake,and the results indicate a frictional undershoot behavior in the dynamic source process of the Yutian earthquake,which is also in agreement with the lower and similar b values compared with the 2008 MS7.3 Yutian earthquake and the 2012 MS6.2 Yutian earthquake.
The February 12, 2014, Ms7. 3, earthquake in Yutian, Xinjiang, China, occurred as a result of shallow strike-slip faulting in the tectonicaUy complex region of the northern Tibetan Plateau, with a depth of 17kin. This earthquake occurred several hundred kilometers north of the convergent India-Eurasia plate boundary. The epicenter location of the Yutian earthquake, 36. 1° N, 82. 5° E, is ll0km north of Yutian County, Hotan Prefecture. A large number of aftershocks from ML2. 0 to ML3. 0 occurred until 12：00 o＇clock, February 23, 2014 and the largest aftershock, Ms5. 7, occurred at 17：24 μm. , February 12, 2014. The b and h value of Yutian sequence are 0.70 and 1.29, respectively. The waiting time method reveals that the strong aftershocks above ML 4. 5 comply with a linear relationship, which is consistent with the characteristics of a mainshock-aftershock sequence. Furthermore, we calculate the source parameters and analyze the rupture process based on the empirical relationships for the Yutian earthquake, and the results indicate a frictional undershoot behavior in the dynamic source process of the Yutian earthquake, which is also in agreement with the lower and similar b values compared with the 2008 Ms 7.3 Yutian earthquake and the 2012 Ms 6. 2 Yutian earthquake.
基金
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China ( 41404045)
the Earthquake Tracing Task of China Earthquake Administration(2014020412)
