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Determination of the isotropic component of the 1994 Bolivia Deep Earthquake
Author(s) -
Hara Tatsuhiko,
Kuge Keiko,
Kawakatsu Hitoshi
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/95gl01602
Subject(s) - isotropy , geology , seismology , component (thermodynamics) , mode (computer interface) , tensor (intrinsic definition) , physics , geometry , optics , mathematics , computer science , thermodynamics , operating system
We determine the isotropic component of the moment tensor of the 1994 Bolivia deep earthquake using various seismic waves, including body waves, surface waves, and normal mode data, in the period band between 20 s and 1000 s. We carefully investigate whether the isotropic component can be obtained independently from the other components by checking the correlation matrices. We show that it is possible to obtain a precise estimate of the isotropic component by using normal mode data in the period band between 550 and 1000 s. We find that the Bolivia earthquake did not have a significant isotropic component in this period band.