地震地质 ›› 2025, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (1): 284-305.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4967.2025.01.017

• 研究论文 • 上一篇    下一篇

2023年平原MS5.5地震矩张量反演及发震构造

许英才1)(), 郭祥云2),*()   

  1. 1) 宁夏回族自治区地震局, 银川 750001
    2) 中国地震局地球物理研究所, 北京 100081
  • 收稿日期:2024-02-18 修回日期:2024-04-28 出版日期:2025-02-20 发布日期:2025-04-09
  • 通讯作者: 郭祥云
  • 作者简介:

    许英才, 男, 1986年生, 2018年于中国科学技术大学获地质工程硕士学位, 高级工程师, 主要从事地震活动性和数字地震学研究, E-mail:

  • 基金资助:
    中国地震局震情跟踪定向工作任务(2023010113); 中国地震局震情跟踪定向工作任务(CEA-ZQGZ-202501051); 宁夏自然科学基金(2022AAC03687)

MOMENT TENSOR INVERSION AND SEISMOGENIC STRUCTURE OF THE 2023 MS5.5 PINGYUAN EARTHQUAKE

XU Ying-cai1)(), GUO Xiang-yun2),*()   

  1. 1) Earthquake Agency of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Yinchuan 750001, China
    2) Institute of Geophysics, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing 100081, China
  • Received:2024-02-18 Revised:2024-04-28 Online:2025-02-20 Published:2025-04-09
  • Contact: GUO Xiang-yun

摘要: 2023年8月6日山东省德州市平原县发生 MS5.5 地震, 震中周边河北、河南、天津及北京等多地震感明显, 该地震打破了震中50km范围内无M≥5.0地震的历史记录, 并引起了社会和地震工作者的广泛关注。基于震中周边的区域地震台网地震资料, 文中采用gCAP方法反演了平原 MS5.5 地震的矩张量解, 利用双差定位方法对平原 MS5.5 地震序列中ML≥1.0的地震进行了重定位, 基于震源机制与区域应力场的数值关系模拟方法计算了平原 MS5.5 地震震源机制节面的相对剪应力和正应力, 根据重定位结果拟合了断层面, 并分析了该平原地震序列的发震构造。结果显示: 1)平原 MS5.5 地震的地震矩(M0)为1.97Í1017N·m、矩震级为 MW5.5, 矩心深度16km, 矩张量解MrrMttMppMrtMrpMtp分别为-0.129、1.194、-0.459、0.009、0.336、0.245, 其最佳双力偶(DC)、各向同性(ISO)、补偿线性向量偶极(CLVD)成分占全矩张量解的92.40%、6.25%、1.35%, 最佳双力偶解的节面Ⅰ的走向、倾角、滑动角分别为222°、71°、-156°, 节面Ⅱ的走向、倾角、滑动角为124°、67°、-21°, P轴方位84°、倾伏角为30°, 显示该地震为走滑型天然地震事件且略带少量的正断分量, 震源区主压应力呈现近NEE-SWW向的推挤特征, 这与华北平原的区域应力场主压应力方向基本一致。2)重定位后的平原 MS5.5 地震序列震中主要呈NE-SW向优势展布, 长约15km、宽约5km, ML≥1.0地震的震源深度主要集中在8~22km之间, 平均深度为15.4km, 震源深度剖面显示可能的发震构造倾向NW。3)现今应力场与震源机制数值关系模拟显示, 平原地区的应力体系在平原 MS5.5 地震震源机制节面Ⅰ和节面Ⅱ产生的相对剪应力分别为0.860和0.689。断层面拟合揭示平原地震发震断层具有右旋走滑的运动性质。4)结合已有研究分析认为, 平原 MS5.5 地震的震源机制节面Ⅰ为其可能的发震破裂面, 主震发震断层倾角为71°, 地震序列主要发震构造为走向SW、倾向NW的高倾角隐伏断层, 平原 MS5.5 地震是由于华北平原NEE-SWW向区域应力场主压应力的作用下, 应力得到了充分积累, 在剪应力的最优释放节面破裂引起的一次略具正断分量的右旋走滑型地震事件。

关键词: 平原MS5.5地震, 矩张量反演, 重定位, 相对剪应力, 发震构造

Abstract:

On August 6, 2023, an earthquake with MS5.5 occurred in Pingyuan County, Dezhou City, in Shandong Province, North China. Around the epicenter of the MS5.5 Pingyuan earthquake, obvious earthquake tremors were felt through the regions of Hebei, Henan, Tianjin, Beijing etc. This earthquake also broke the historical record of no earthquake with M≥5.0 within 50km of the epicenter and aroused widespread concern of the society and seismologists. It is urgent to carry out the research on strong earthquake seismogenic structures and seismogenic environments in the basin, which is of great significance to strengthen the seismic tectonic environment exploration and earthquake damage prevention in the weak and rare earthquake areas of the North China Plain. Based on the data of the Regional Seismic Networks around the epicenter, moment tensor solution and centroid depth of the MS5.5 Pingyuan earthquake were determined using the gCAP inversion method, and the stability of moment tensor inversion of the mainshock is evaluated by Bootstrap method. The ML≥1.0 earthquakes of the MS5.5 Pingyuan earthquake sequence were relocated using the double-difference relocation method. By simulation method of the relationship between regional stress regime and focal mechanism, the relative shear stress and normal stress of nodal planes from focal mechanism of the MS5.5 Pingyuan earthquake were obtained. According to the earthquake relocation, the fault plane was fitted, and the seismogenic structure of the earthquake was analyzed. The results indicate: 1)The scalar seismic moment(M0)of the MS5.5 Pingyuan earthquake is 1.97Í1017N·m, while the moment magnitude is MW5.5, and the centroid depth is 16km. The moment tensor solution(Mrr/Mtt/Mpp/Mrt/Mrp/Mtp)is -0.129/1.194/-0.459/0.009/0.336/0.245, while the double-couple(DC), isotropic(ISO) and compensated linear vector dipole(CLVD) components account for 92.40%, 6.25%, and 1.35% of the full moment tensor solution. The focal mechanism of the double-couple solution shows that the MS5.5 Pingyuan earthquake is a strike-slip type natural earthquake event with a little normal fault component, with strike/dip/rake of 222°/71°/-156° and 124°/67°/-21° for nodal planes Ⅰ and Ⅱ. The P-axis azimuth is 84° with plunge angle of 30°, indicating the principal compressive stress in the NEE direction in the focal area, basically consistent with the direction of the main compressive stress of the regional tectonic stress in the North China Plain. The best double-couple solutions of focal mechanism obtained by the Bootstrap method are: strike 220.4°±2.49°, dip 71.5°±4.34°, rake -155.9°±3.58° for the nodal plane Ⅰ, and strike 122.2°±2.83°, dip 67.3°±3.17°, rake -20.2°±4.95° for nodal plane Ⅱ, and centroid depth 16.7±1.10km, reflecting the stability and reliability of moment tensor inversion in this paper. 2)After earthquake relocation, the epicenters of the MS5.5 Pingyuan earthquake sequence mainly show a dominant distribution in the NE-SW direction, with a length of about 15km and a width of about 5km. The epicenter of the MS5.5 Pingyuan earthquake is located in the southwest segment of the earthquake sequence, and the epicenters of the ML≥1.0 earthquake are relatively concentrated on the NE side of the main earthquake, while the distribution of the epicenters of the SW side is relatively sparse. The focal depths of earthquakes with ML≥1.0 are mainly between 8 and 22km, with an average depth of 15.4km. The focal depth profiles demonstrate the fault plane with a dip to the northwest. 3)The regional stress field of North China Craton primarily exhibits NEE-SWW compression and near N-S tensile. The main stress axis direction of the regional stress field is basically consistent with the P-axis of the focal mechanism of the MS5.5 Pingyuan earthquake. The strike-slip component of the focal mechanism of the MS5.5 Pingyuan earthquake shows general consistency with the focal mechanism characteristics of the eastern North China Craton. It is also consistent with the E-W compressive and S-N tensile tectonic stress background of the eastern part of the North China Craton, and the small normal components may be related to the tensile movement of the central and western region of Bohai Bay Basin. The relationship between the focal mechanism and contemporary regional stress regime shows the relative shear stress of 0.860/0.689 for nodal planes I and II under the stress field of the Pingyuan region, and the rake of shear stress for the nodal plane I is close to the rake of focal mechanism. The shear stress on nodal plane I of the focal mechanism is relatively high, reflecting that nodal plane I is very close to the fault shape of the optimal release of relative shear stress of the regional stress field, presenting the source property of right-lateral strike-slip with a small amount of normal component. The fault plane fitting also exhibits the mode of fault movement with right-lateral strike-slip. 4)Combined with the previous studies, it is inferred that the nodal plane I of the focal mechanism for the MS5.5 Pingyuan mainshock is the possible seismic source fault with a dip angle of 71°, and the main seismogenic structure of the Pingyuan earthquake sequence may be a SW-striking blind fault with steep dip to northwest. Under the long-term contemporary principal compressive stress of the tectonic stress field in North China Plain, the MS5.5 Pingyuan earthquake occurred as a right-lateral strike-slip seismic dislocation with a little normal fault component due to the rupture on the nodal plane with optimum shear stress release. It is suggested that the seismogenic structure of the Pingyuan earthquake may be related to the Lingxian-Guanxian fault, a hidden fault system formed by the northern section of the Guanxian fault and the southern section of the Lingxian-Yangxin fault.

Key words: MS5.5 Pingyuan earthquake, moment tensor inversion, earthquake relocation, relative shear stress, seismogenic structure