Affiliation:
1. Chengdu Institute of Survey and Investigation, Chengdu 610023, China
2. School of Geodesy and Geomatics, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China
Abstract
The 2017 Jiuzhaigou earthquake (Ms = 7.0) struck the eastern Tibetan Plateau and caused extensive concern. However, the reported slip models of this earthquake have distinct discrepancies and cannot provide a good fit for GPS data. The Jiuzhaigou earthquake also presents a good opportunity to investigate the question of how to avoid overfitting of InSAR observations for co-seismic slip inversions. To comprehend this shock, we first used pre-seismic satellite optical images to extract a surface trace of the seismogenic fault, which constitutes the northern segment of the Huya Fault. Then, we collected GPS observations as well as to measure the co-seismic displacements. Lastly, joint inversions were carried out to obtain the slip distribution. Our results showed that the released moment was 5.3 × 1018 N m, equivalent to Mw 6.4 with a rigidity of 30 GPa. The maximum slip at a depth of ~6.8 km reached up to 1.12 m, dominated by left-lateral strike-slip. The largest potential surface rupture occurred in the center of the seismogenic fault with strike- and dip-slip components of 0.4 m and 0.2 m, respectively. Comparison with the focal mechanisms of the 1973 Ms 6.5 earthquake and the 1976 triplet of earthquakes (Mw > 6) on the middle and south segments of the Huya Fault indicated different regional motion and slip mechanisms on the three segments. The distribution of co-seismic landslides had a strong correlation with surface displacements rather than surface rupture.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
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