Permalink : http://hdl.handle.net/2115/38167

JaLCDOI : 10.14943/gbhu.72.379

The long-period strain seismograms from the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake of December 26, 2004 and the Nias earthquake of March 28, 2005 are analyzed by comparing the observed seismograms with synthetic seismograms calculated by normal mode theory. The multiple CMT source (Tsai et al., 2005) and Harvard CMT solution explain the seismograms recorded by both extensometers and volumetric strainmeters from the 2004 and 2005 earthquakes, respectively. The long-period strain seismograms observed in Japan are consistent with about 9 min source duration and 1200 km fault length proposed by Tsai et al. (2005) and Velasco et al. (2006).