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| Gravity observations along the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau and an application to the Lushan MS7.0 earthquake |
| Wei-feng Liang, Yun-feng Zhao, Yun-ma Xu, Yi-qing Zhu, Shu-song Guo, Fang Liu, Lian Liu |
| Second Monitoring Center, China Earthquake Administration, Xi’an 710054, China |
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Abstract This paper introduces relative and absolute gravity change observations in the eastern portion of the Tibetan Plateau. We analyze and discuss a change that occurred in 2010 in the gravity along the eastern margin of the plateau and the relationship between this change and the 2013 Lushan MS7.0 earthquake. Our results show that: (1) before the Lushan MS7.0 earthquake, gravity anomalies along the eastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau changed drastically. The Lushan earthquake occurred at the bend of the high gradient zone of gravity variation along the southern edge of the Longmenshan fault zone. (2) The 2013 Lushan earthquake occurred less than 100 km away from the epicenter of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake. Lushan and Wenchuan are located at the center of a fourquadrant section with different gravity anomalies, which may suggest that restoration after the Wenchuan earthquake may have played a role in causing the Lushan earthquake. (3) A medium-term prediction based on changes in gravity anomalies was made before the Lushan MS7.0 earthquake, in particular, a prediction of epicenter location.
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Received: 01 June 2013
Published: 25 December 2013
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| Fund:the National Natural Science Foundation of China (41274083) and Special Earthquake Research Project Grant by China Earthquake Administration (201208009) |
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Corresponding Authors:
Wei-feng Liang
E-mail: lwfbox@163.com
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