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https://doi.org/10.14943/gbhu.70.107

https://hdl.handle.net/2115/20427

Micro-earthquake activity at Usu volcano revealed by temporary dense observation

日本語

2007-03-15

北海道大学大学院理学研究院自然史科学部門（地球物理学）

Geophysical bulletin of Hokkaido University

70

107-121

We performed temporary dense observation at Usu volcano in summer 2006, aiming to reveal micro-earthquake activity under the summit crater during dormant period of the volcanic activity. During about 80 days of temporary observation, more than 330 volcanic earthquakes were observed. Of these earthquakes, well-recorded 142 events are selected for relocation analysis assuming the 3D-velocity structure model which is a result of the explosion seismic experiment at Usu volcano in 2001. Following the result of relocation, we estimated focal mechanism of 7 earthquakes whose magnitudes are more than 1.0. The temporal observation and analyses gave us three new insights about seismic activity; 1) Continuous activity of volcanic earthquake is seen at the shallow part under the southern crater floor, 2) Hypocentral regions are distributed along the SW end of the U-shaped fault which was built in the 1977-1982 eruption associated with the uplift of Usu-Shinzan crypt dome, 3) Strike direction of the 7 major earthquakes are almost parallel to the U-shaped fault, and dominant mechanism is dip-slip type which suggests subsidence of summit domes relative to the southern crater floor.

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