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The September 5, 1970 Sea of Okhotsk Earthquake: A multiple event with evidence of triggering
Author(s) -
Strelitz Richard
Publication year - 1975
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/gl002i004p00124
Subject(s) - hypocenter , seismology , geology , epicenter , event (particle physics) , fault plane , aftershock , fault (geology) , foreshock , geodesy , induced seismicity , physics , quantum mechanics
The September 5, 1970 Sea of Okhotsk earthquake consisted of two possibly causally related but dissimilar events: a small (Mag 4.5) event at the hypocenter given by the International Seismologic Centre (52.28 N, 151.49 E, 560 km) followed 5.16±.06 seconds later by a larger (Mag 5.7) event almost at the same epicenter but 23.0±1 km deeper. The fault planes and the principal stress axes of the two events are significantly different; furthermore, the second event does not lie on either of the nodal planes of the first event. We interpret this as a possible triggering of the second event by the smaller first event and not as a change in direction of rupture propagation during a single continuous faulting episode.