Slip rate of the seismogenic fault of the 2021 Maduo earthquake in western China inferred from GPS observations

查看全文 作　　者：Yage [1]ZHU;Faqi [1]DIAO;Yuchao [1]FU;Chengli [1]LIU;Xiong [1]XIONG

机构地区：[1]Hubei Subsurface Multi-Scale Imaging Key Laboratory,Institute of Geophysics and Geomatics,China University of Geosciences,Wuhan 430074,China

出　　处：《Science China Earth Sciences》索引2021年第64卷第8期,共8页

基　　金：supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant Nos.2017YFC1500501 and 2017YFC1500305);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41674023 and 41304017). 摘　　要：Seismic and field observations indicate that the Mw7.4 Maduo earthquake ruptured the Jiangcuo fault,which is a secondary fault~85 km south of the northern boundary of the Bayan Hor block in western China.The kinematic characteristics of the Jiangcuo fault can shed lights on the seismogenic mechanism of this earthquake.Slip rate is one of the key parameters to describe the kinematic features of a fault,which can also provide quantitative evidences for regional seismic hazard assessments.However,due to lack of effective observations,the slip rate of the Jiangcuo fault has not been studied quantitatively.In this study,we consider the interaction between the Jiangcuo fault and the eastern Kunlun fault,and estimate the slip rates of the two faults using the interseismic GPS observations across the seismogenic region.The inferred results show that the slip rates of the Jiangcuo fault and the Tuosuo Lake segment of the Kunlun fault are 1.2±0.8 and 5.4±0.3 mm a^(-1),respectively.Combining the slip rate with the average slip inferred from the coseismic slip model,the earthquake recurrence interval of the Jiangcuo fault is estimated to be 1800700+3700 years(1100–5500 years).Based on the results derived from previous studies,as well as calculations in this study,we infer that the slip rate of the Kunlun fault may decrease gradually from the Tuosuo Lake segment to the eastern tip.The Jiangcuo fault and its adjacent parallel secondary faults may have absorbed the relative motion of blocks together with the Kunlun fault. 关键词：Maduo earthquake Fault slip rate Geodetic observation Kunlun fault Seismic hazard

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