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http://dx.doi.org/10.5467/JKESS.2013.34.1.59

Source Characteristics of the Recent Earthquakes for Seven Years in the Southwestern Region of the Korean Peninsula  

Jung, Mi Kyeong (Department of Earth Science Education, Korea National University of Education)
Kyung, Jai Bok (Department of Earth Science Education, Korea National University of Education)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.34, no.1, 2013 , pp. 59-68 More about this Journal
Abstract
Focal mechanism solutions in the southwestern region of the Korean Peninsula ($34^{\circ}N-36^{\circ}N$, $126^{\circ}E-128^{\circ}E$) were obtained from the analysis of the recent 22 earthquakes ($M{\geq}2.0$) occurred from January, 2005 to March, 2011. The spatial differences between the epicenters recalculated by this study and those by KMA (Korea Meteorological Administration) and KIGAM (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources) are less than $0.05^{\circ}$, indicating a small deviation. However, they become a little bit larger in the coastal area due to a biased arrangement of seismic stations. Redetermined depths of hypocenters show a difference less than 12.7 km by comparison with the depth data announced by KIGAM. Most epicenters in inland area are located closely to the lineaments. Fault plane solutions were obtained from the analysis of P and SH wave polarities, and SH/P amplitude ratios. They show strike-slip faulting or strike-slip faulting with reverse components dominantly. The P-axes trends are mainly ENE-WSW or E-W directions. The direction of fault plane and auxiliary plane with 'NNE-SSW and WNW-ESE' or 'NE-SW and NW-SE' are dominant and almost parallel to the general trends of lineaments in the study area.
Keywords
southwestern region; recalculated epicenters; fault plane solutions; lineaments; stress field;
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