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Kobayashi et al. 2003
Kobayashi, T., Ohminato, T. and Ida, Y. (2003). Earthquakes series preceding very long period seismic signals, observed during the 2000 Miyakejima volcanic activity. Geophysical Research Letters 30: doi: 10.1029/2002GL016631. issn: 0094-8276.

Unusual earthquakes series were observed one to two hours before a very long-period (VLP) seismic pulse that happened once or twice a day, during the 2000 activity of Miyakejima volcano, Japan. The series on July 11 and 12 have particularly a clear feature. The time intervals of the earthquakes in the series decrease at a constant rate in the manner of geometric progression. The maximum amplitude of each earthquake is initially almost constant, but linearly decreases with time from few minutes before the occurrence of a VLP pulse. Hypocenters of these earthquakes are below the south-western region of the crater, and near the sea level in depth. We interpret these earthquakes series as repetition of a gradual stress accumulation, and release under the variable critical stress level. The critical stress level is first constant, but linearly decreases later.

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History of Geophysics, Seismology, History of Geophysics, Volcanology, geochemistry, and petrology, Seismology, Volcano seismology
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Geophysical Research Letters
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