{"id":2697,"date":"2019-11-08T14:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T05:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/en\/?p=2697"},"modified":"2019-11-08T14:24:26","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T05:24:26","slug":"structural-characteristics-of-the-nankai-trough-shallow-plate-boundary-inferred-from-shallow-very-low-frequency-earthquakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/en\/research\/2697\/","title":{"rendered":"Structural Characteristics of the Nankai Trough Shallow Plate Boundary Inferred From Shallow Very Low Frequency Earthquakes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

S. Takemura1*<\/sup>, T. Matsuzawa2<\/sup>, A. Noda2<\/sup>, T. Tonegawa3<\/sup>, Y. Asano2<\/sup>, T. Kimura2<\/sup> and K. Shiomi2<\/sup> (2019). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1<\/sup>ERI, Univ Tokyo 2<\/sup>NIED 3<\/sup>JAMSTEC<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2019GL082448<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The spatial distributions of shallow slow earthquakes are related to stress accumulation and structural characteristics of the shallow plate boundary, which are important for understanding megathrust earthquakes. Despite this importance, conventional methods using onshore seismograms and one\u2010dimensional Earth models cannot well constrain the location and magnitude of shallow slow earthquakes due to the effects of three\u2010dimensional (3\u2010D) offshore subsurface structures. Moreover, offshore observations near hypocenters are still limited. By applying a method incorporating the effects of 3\u2010D subsurface structures into long\u2010term onshore seismograms, we show the spatial variations of well\u2010constrained shallow very low frequency earthquakes (SVLFEs) along the Nankai Trough, including events that occurred prior to offshore observations. We find that SVLFE activities are related to the spatial variations of the interplate slip\u2010deficit rate and pore fluid around the Philippine Sea plate boundary. SVLFEs are effectively activated by mechanical weakening due to rich pore fluid in areas surrounding strongly locked zones. Our results imply that spatial variations of long\u2010term SVLFE activity provide information on tectonic environments, which could constrain the rupture behavior of shallow plate boundaries during future megathrust earthquakes. The SVLFE catalog in this study is available from the GRL website (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1029\/2019GL082448<\/a>) or \u201cSlow Earthquake Database\u201d (http:\/\/www-solid.eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/~sloweq\/<\/a>). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
Figure. (a) Spatiotemporal variations of estimated focal mechanisms of shallow very low frequency earthquakes. (b) Temporal variations of shallow very low frequency earthquakes at segments of A, B, C. Light green dashed, pink solid and blue solid lines in (b) represent temporal SVLFE activity in regions A, B and C, respectively. Light green diamonds, pink stars and blue circles in top panel of (b) show seismic moments of each SVLFE occurred in regions A, B and C, respectively.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

S. Takemura1*, T. Matsuzawa2, A. Noda2, T. Tonegawa3, Y. Asano2, T. Kimura2 and K. Shiomi2 (2019). 1ERI, Univ … Continue reading “Structural Characteristics of the Nankai Trough Shallow Plate Boundary Inferred From Shallow Very Low Frequency Earthquakes”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":2698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2697"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2697"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2706,"href":"https:\/\/www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2697\/revisions\/2706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}