关键词: 地震定位, 三峡水库, 地震活动

Abstract: Accurate earthquake location is of primary importance in studying the seismicity of reservoir area. The well known program Velest was used to inverse the minimum 1-D velocity,hypocenter location and station correction simultaneously.We selected 529 earthquakes,which were recorded at least by 10 stations each and whose max azimuth gap was less than 180?,to re-determine the velocity model and station corrections with three different initial models used by different researchers before.Using the 1-D minimum velocity model and station correction,we relocated 2138 earthquakes in the Three Gorges area.The average focal depth changes remarkably in different areas,as 5.6km in the area near Xiannvshan Fault,2.9km in the Xietan area and 2.6km in the Badong area.Divided by the depth of 5km,the b values are different,as 1.07,1.16 and 0.90 for all,shallower and deeper events respectively. The frequency of shallower or deeper events per 15 days increases with impounding.But that of the shallower ones drops quickly and the deeper attenuates slowly when water lever keeps stable.

Key words: earthquake location, Three Gorges Reservoir, seismicity