| Abstract: | On January 22, 1988, three large intraplate earthquakes (with MS 6.3, 6.4 and 6.7) occurred within a 12-hour period near Tennant Creek, Australia. Broadband displacement and velocity records of body waves from teleseismically recorded data are analyzed to determine source mechanisms, depths, and complexity of rupture of each of the three main shocks. Hypocenters of an additional 150 foreshocks and aftershocks constrained by local arrival time data and field observations of surface rupture are used to complement the source characteristics of the main shocks. The interpretation of the combined data sets suggests that the overall rupture process involved unusually complicated stress release. Rupture characteristics suggest that substantial slow slip occurred on each of the three fault interfaces that was not accompanied by major energy release. Variation of focal depth and the strong increase of moment and radiated energy with each main shock imply that lateral variations of strength were more important than vertical gradients of shear stress in controlling the progression of rupture. -from Authors |
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| Citation Author: | Choy, G. L.; Bowman, J. R. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Journal of Geophysical Research |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Rupture process of a multiple main shock sequence: analysis of teleseismic, local and field observations of the Tennant Creek, Australia, earthquakes of January 22, 1988; 1990; Article; Journal; Journal of Geophysical Research; Choy, G. L.; Bowman, J. R. |
| Citation Start Page: | 6867 |
| Citation Volume: | 95 |
| Citation Year: | 1990 |
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| Text: | Rupture process of a multiple main shock sequence: analysis of teleseismic, local and field observations of the Tennant Creek, Australia, earthquakes of January 22, 1988; 1990; Article; Journal; Journal of Geophysical Research; Choy, G. L.; Bowman, J. R. |
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| Date Other: | Mon, 1 Jan 1990 00:00 -0600 |
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