日本罕见的无地震灾害的大地震——2000年鸟取县西部地震

A Rare Non-Disastrous Large Earthquake in Japan ——the Western Tottori Earthquake Occurring in 2000

20 0 0年 1 0月 6日发生的鸟取县西部地震是日本罕见的无灾害内陆地震。该震发生的所在地区 ,地表既没有明显的断裂 ,且该地区平时的地壳运动也是日本列岛中最小的。这类地区的地震预报将是今后应该研究的重大课题之一。文章对日本《地震》2 0 0 1年第 54期第 4号刊登的“鸟取县西部地震专题论文”作了概要的介绍。

The western Tottori earthquake occurring on October 6, 2000 is a rare non disastrous inland earthquake in Japan. The area where the earthquake occurred has no obvious surface faulting, its normal crustal movement is the smallest among the archipelagoes of Japan. The earthquake prediction for such an area will be one of the important topics to be researched in future. The authors of this paper outline the “Special Papers on the Western Tottori Earthquake” published in the “Earthquakes” of Japan, Vol.54, No.4, 2001.