Open AccessMicroearthquakes in the TDP swarm, Turkey: clustering in space and time
Author(s) -
Lovell John,
Crampin Stuart,
Evans Russ,
Üçer S. Balamir
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
geophysical journal of the royal astronomical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.302
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1365-246X
pISSN - 0016-8009
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-246x.1987.tb05229.x
Subject(s) - seismology , geology , earthquake swarm , cluster analysis , swarm behaviour , fault (geology) , seismic gap , high resolution , induced seismicity , computer science , remote sensing , artificial intelligence
Summary. The third occupation (experiment TDP3) of recording sites above a persistent swarm of microearthquakes near the North Anatolian Fault, with a larger seismic network and over a longer period of time, confirms and refines previous observations with greater resolution. The greater resolution in earthquake locations has revealed marked clustering in time and space. Many, perhaps most, of the earthquakes belong to clusters, where successive earthquakes originate in a very small volume and have similar fault mechanisms. Such studies allow the progression of seismic activity of small earthquakes to be followed in some detail, and may reveal features which are hidden in larger and more complex earthquake sequences.