Determination of Source Parameters of the M4.6 Earthquake in Pulandian,Liaoning Province on August 23,2023,and Preliminary Judgement of Its Seismogenic Structure
On August 23,2023,a M4.6 earthquake hit the Pulandian,Liaoning province.To describe the source characteristics of this earthquake,we explore its incubation and seismogenic mechanisms.In this paper we determined the focal depth of the Pulandian M4.6 earthquake,and calculate the focal mechanism solution,moment tensor solution and centroid depth of the earthquake,obtain the center of focal mechanisms of the earthquake.In the same,we analyze the relationship between focal mechanism and tectonic stress field,and fit the fault plane according to the results of small earthquake relocation.We preliminarily determine the seismogenic fault plane of this earthquake.The results show that the initial rupture depth of the Pulandian M4.6 earthquake is 12.0 km.The focal mechanism solution is strike:50°,dip:75° and rake:-169° for nodal plane Ⅰ,strike:317°,dip:80°and rake:-15° for nodal plane Ⅱ,the moment magnitude is Mw4.8,while the centroid is 12 km.The seismic moment M0 is 1.796 × 1016 Nm,the moment tensor solution is Mrr:-0.004,Mtt:0.946,Mpp:-0.942,Mrt:0.017,Mrp:-0.305,Mtp:-0.125.The center of focal mechanisms solution is strike:47.03°,dip:79.04° and rake:-168.15° for nodal plane Ⅰ,strike:314.75°,dip:78.37°and rake:-11.19°for nodal plane Ⅱ.The relative shear stress and relative normal stress generated by the tectonic stress field acting on the nodal plane Ⅰ are 0.877 and-0.544;on nodal plane Ⅱ they are 0.911 and 0.161.The fitted seismogenic fault plane is strike:148.91°,dip:89.85° and rake:26.47°.The analysis shows that the Pulandian M4.6 earthquake occurred on the Pulandian-Changhai NW tectonic belt.It is a natural earthquake that after stress accumulation occurs along the optimal nodal plane of the stress field and takes left-lateral strike-slip as the dislocation mode.
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