Source mechanism from spectrums of long-period surface waves: 2. The Kamchatka earthquake of November 4, 1952

• Published in: Journal of Geophysical Research
• Main Authors: Ben-Menahem, Ari, Toksöz, M. Nafi
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Geophysical Union 1963
• Subjects: Kamchatka
• Online Access: https://authors.library.caltech.edu/47854/; https://authors.library.caltech.edu/47854/1/jgr6431.pdf; https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140801-161553811

Fourier analysis of mantle Love and Rayleigh waves from the source of the Kamchatka earthquake of November 4, 1952, recorded on the Benioff linear strain seismograph at Pasadena, furnished further evidence in support of the moving-source theory. Amplitude and phase spectrums of G_1, G_2, G_3, G_4, R_2, and R_3 were processed to obtain information on the mechanism at the source. Both the directivity and the differential phase agree on a unilateral fault of 700 km which ruptured with a speed of 3 km/sec in the direction N 146° W. The fault length is in good agreement with the extent of aftershock distribution in the month of November 1952. The initial phases of Love and Rayleigh waves agree on a mechanism of a right orthogonal double couple with a time dependence which is close to the Heaviside step function.