JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2017

Presentation information

Print

[EJ] Poster

S (Solid Earth Sciences) » S-CG Complex & General

[S-CG70] [EJ] Analysis and Prediction of Near-Source Strong Ground Motions: Present Status and Future Perspective

Wed. May 24, 2017 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM Poster Hall (International Exhibition Hall HALL7)

convener:Kimiyuki Asano(Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University), Takao Kagawa(Tottori University Graduate School of Engineering), Hongjun Si(Seismological Research Institute Inc.), Haruo Horikawa(Institute of Earthquake and Volcano Geology, National Institute for Advanced Science and Technology)

[SCG70-P06] A heterogeneous SMGA model for plate boundary earthquakes

*Haruko Sekiguchi1, Kimiyuki Asano1, Tomotaka Iwata1 (1.DPRI, Kyoto University)

Keywords:Strong motion generation area, heterogenous source, stress drop

Seismic waves in the frequency range 0.1–10 Hz are mainly radiated from strong motion generation areas on a source fault. A heterogeneous SMGA (Strong Motion Generation Area) model was constructed inspired by the area-stress drop relationship of SMGAs of plate boundary earthquakes. The relationship shows large scatter of average stress drop for small SMGAs and small scatter for large SMGAs. The relationship was well modeled by adopting k-1 spatial spectrum and lognormal probability distribution for the stress drop distribution, and tuning the parameters of those distributions. This model may make it possible to predict the strong short-period pulse amongst the SMGA pulse, which has been indicated by forward waveform modeling in previous studies (e.g., Matsushima and Kawase, 2006; Nozu 2012; Kurahashi and Irikura, 2013).