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High Resolution Finite Fault Inversions for M>4.8 Earthquakes in the 2012 Brawley Swarm
Shengji Wei
AcknowledgementDon Helmberger (Caltech)
Rob Graves and Ken Hudnut, (USGS)Susan Owen, Eric Fielding, Zhen Liu, Jay Parker and Andrea
Donnellan (JPL)
Key Word: Path Calibration
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Outline
• Overview of the 2012 Brawley swarm• Path calibration from the Mw3.9 earthquake• Waveform inversion of the M>5 events up to 3Hz• Complementary slip distribution (triggering?)• Two shallow (depth ~ 2.0km) normal earthquakes:
seismological, field observation and geodetic evidence• Joint inversion for the Mw4.9 normal earthquake• Aseismic and seismic slip on the normal fault• Conclusion
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Overview
Wei, et. al., 2013, GRL
Seismicity from Hauksson et. al. 2013, SRL
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Waveform Complexity
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Ji et. al., 2002a, BSSA
Finite Fault Inversion Method
A simulated annealing algorithm is used to simultaneously invert for the:
slip amplitude, slip direction,rise time,rupture velocity
( ) : 'u t Green s Function
Chi-Chi Earthquake
1 2
1 1
( ) [cos( ) ( , ) sin( ) ( , )] ( )n m
jk jk jk jk jk jk jk jkj k
u t D Y v t Y v t S t
We need a layered crustal model to calculate synthetic seismogram:
We need 1D velocity model(s) if not 3D.
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2D horizontal cuts
D=0.5km D=2.5km D=4.5km
Basin Thickness
3D velocity model: CVM-H-11.9.0
Earthquake depth: ~5km
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Path Calibration using the Mw3.9 Event
Vs = (Vp – 1.36)/1.16 for Vp < 4.0km/s
Brocher, 2005, BSSA
frequency band:0.05 ~ 3 Hz
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Inversion results
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Resolution of the data set
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CVM4.0 CVMH_11.9.0 PCM
Model used to generate synthetic data: PCM
Sensitivity for velocity structure
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Normal Events
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Point source double-couple moment tenor
Waveform inversions at different frequency bands show similar results
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Grid Search result using the M4.6 eventOnly a small window fits all components
Ver. Rad. Tan.
Vp_top
Station: 11369
1Hz Velocity
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UAVSAR data (RPI 265) and field observation
Poster: 058 (by Ken Hudnut)
Static only inversion
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Strong motion waveform fits and prediction
(10s~4Hz)
Data used
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Vr=1.25km/s
Vr=1.75km/s
Vr=2.25km/s
Rupture Velocity
Enough redundancy is set for the rise time
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Resolution tests
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Vertical Deformation Measured by Leveling
Before the swarm With the swarm
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Aseismic and seismic slip on the normal fault
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Conclusion
• Path calibrations are needed for high resolution finite fault inversions.
• M5.3 and M5.4 events have complementary slip distribution.
• The shallow M4.9 normal earthquake has a centroid depth of ~2.0km and average rupture speed is 1.75km/s.
• The aseismic and seismic slip for the M4.9 normal earthquake is complementary to each other.
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Thanks for your attention!
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Normal Faulting
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Hauksson et. al., 2013
Strike-Slip Faulting
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1.00 0.469 1.609 1.50 0.646 2.008 2.00 0.800 2.314 2.50 0.935 2.562 3.01 1.059 2.779 3.51 1.176 2.981 4.01 1.285 3.169 4.51 1.387 3.346 5.01 1.484 3.512 7.54 1.945 4.305 9.74 2.334 4.974 11.9 2.712 5.625
Time table (PCM)
Dep(km) Tp(s) Ts(s)
pP
Depth Phases
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Direction Cosine
U-D
N-S
E-W
Looking Angle
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LOS prediction from the slip models of M5.4 and M5.3
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4 Days Seismicity
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North Brawley Operations• North Brawley: 49.9 MW net - 2009
– Currently operating at approximately 33 net MW
• Annual Volume of Fluid Produced: 57,000 million gallons• Annual Volume of Fluid Injected: 53,000 million gallons• 19 injection wells
– Average well depth 3900 feet– Injection all < 3500 feet– Deepest injection at ~6000 feet
• Salinity: Average 40,000 ppm (TDS)• Binary Fluid Injection Temperature: 150F
– Temperature in the Injection Zone : 150 to 410F
• Injection Rate: Average is 525 gpm• Injection Pressure: Average is 330 psig• Not allowed to exceed fracture gradient at shallowest perforations
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North Brawley Seismic Array and Wells
Production wells: RED
Injection wells: BLUE
Seismic Stations: YELLOW
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Synthetics test
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InSAR observations
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FK FD validation
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Is there large amount of aseismic slip?
static offset is pure prediction
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Velocity Model
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11369 waveform prediction for the shallow normal earthquake (M4.6)
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UAVSAR 265