Temporal stress changes associated with the 2008 May 29 Mw 6 earthquake doublet in the western South Iceland Seismic Zone
On 2008 May 29, two magnitude Mw ~ 6 earthquakes occurred on two adjacent N-S faults in the western South Iceland Seismic Zone. The first main shock was followed approximately 3 s later by the rupture on a parallel fault, about 5 km to the west. An intense aftershock sequence was mostly confined to...
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ftuppsalauniv:oai:DiVA.org:uu-270805 2023-05-15T16:49:37+02:00 Temporal stress changes associated with the 2008 May 29 Mw 6 earthquake doublet in the western South Iceland Seismic Zone Hensch, Martin Lund, Björn Árnadóttir, Thóra Brandsdottir, Bryndis 2016 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-270805 https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggv465 eng eng Uppsala universitet, Geofysik Nordic Volcanological Center, University of Iceland Geophysical Journal International, 0956-540X, 2016, 204:1, s. 544-554 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-270805 doi:10.1093/gji/ggv465 ISI:000368427000035 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Earthquake source observations Seismicity and tectonics Oceanic transform and fracture zone processes Geophysics Geofysik Article in journal info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2016 ftuppsalauniv https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggv465 2023-02-23T21:39:36Z On 2008 May 29, two magnitude Mw ~ 6 earthquakes occurred on two adjacent N-S faults in the western South Iceland Seismic Zone. The first main shock was followed approximately 3 s later by the rupture on a parallel fault, about 5 km to the west. An intense aftershock sequence was mostly confined to the western fault and an E-W aligned zone, extending west of the main shock region into the Reykjanes oblique rift. In this study, a total of 325 well-constrained focal mechanisms were obtained using data from the permanent Icelandic SIL seismic network and a temporary network promptly installed in the source region following the main shocks, which allowed a high-resolution stress inversion in short time intervals during the aftershock period. More than 800 additional focal mechanisms for the time period 2001-2009, obtained from the permanent SIL network, were analysed to study stress changes associated with the main shocks. Results reveal a coseismic counter-clockwise rotation of the maximum horizontal stress of 11 +/- 10 degrees ( 95 per cent confidence level) in the main rupture region. From previous fault models obtained by inversion of geodetic data, we estimate a stress drop of about half of the background shear stress on the western fault. With a stress drop of 8-10 MPa, the pre-event shear stress is estimated to 16-20 MPa. The apparent weakness of the western fault may be caused by fault properties, pore fluid pressure and the vicinity of the fault to the western rift zone, but may also be due to the dynamic stress increase on the western fault by the rupture on the eastern fault. Further, a coseismic change of the stress regime-from normal faulting to strike-slip faulting-was observed at the northern end of the western fault. This change could be caused by stress heterogeneities, but may also be due to a southward shift in the location of the aftershocks as compared to prior events. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Uppsala University: Publications (DiVA) Reykjanes ENVELOPE(-22.250,-22.250,65.467,65.467) Geophysical Journal International 204 1 544 554 |
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Earthquake source observations Seismicity and tectonics Oceanic transform and fracture zone processes Geophysics Geofysik Hensch, Martin Lund, Björn Árnadóttir, Thóra Brandsdottir, Bryndis Temporal stress changes associated with the 2008 May 29 Mw 6 earthquake doublet in the western South Iceland Seismic Zone |
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On 2008 May 29, two magnitude Mw ~ 6 earthquakes occurred on two adjacent N-S faults in the western South Iceland Seismic Zone. The first main shock was followed approximately 3 s later by the rupture on a parallel fault, about 5 km to the west. An intense aftershock sequence was mostly confined to the western fault and an E-W aligned zone, extending west of the main shock region into the Reykjanes oblique rift. In this study, a total of 325 well-constrained focal mechanisms were obtained using data from the permanent Icelandic SIL seismic network and a temporary network promptly installed in the source region following the main shocks, which allowed a high-resolution stress inversion in short time intervals during the aftershock period. More than 800 additional focal mechanisms for the time period 2001-2009, obtained from the permanent SIL network, were analysed to study stress changes associated with the main shocks. Results reveal a coseismic counter-clockwise rotation of the maximum horizontal stress of 11 +/- 10 degrees ( 95 per cent confidence level) in the main rupture region. From previous fault models obtained by inversion of geodetic data, we estimate a stress drop of about half of the background shear stress on the western fault. With a stress drop of 8-10 MPa, the pre-event shear stress is estimated to 16-20 MPa. The apparent weakness of the western fault may be caused by fault properties, pore fluid pressure and the vicinity of the fault to the western rift zone, but may also be due to the dynamic stress increase on the western fault by the rupture on the eastern fault. Further, a coseismic change of the stress regime-from normal faulting to strike-slip faulting-was observed at the northern end of the western fault. This change could be caused by stress heterogeneities, but may also be due to a southward shift in the location of the aftershocks as compared to prior events. |
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Temporal stress changes associated with the 2008 May 29 Mw 6 earthquake doublet in the western South Iceland Seismic Zone |
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Temporal stress changes associated with the 2008 May 29 Mw 6 earthquake doublet in the western South Iceland Seismic Zone |
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Temporal stress changes associated with the 2008 May 29 Mw 6 earthquake doublet in the western South Iceland Seismic Zone |
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Temporal stress changes associated with the 2008 May 29 Mw 6 earthquake doublet in the western South Iceland Seismic Zone |
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Temporal stress changes associated with the 2008 May 29 Mw 6 earthquake doublet in the western South Iceland Seismic Zone |
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temporal stress changes associated with the 2008 may 29 mw 6 earthquake doublet in the western south iceland seismic zone |
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