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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. |
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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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Keywords
History of Geophysics, Seismology, History of Geophysics, Volcanology, geochemistry, and petrology, Seismology, Volcano seismology |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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