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| Preliminary results of strong ground motion simulation for the Lushan earthquake of 20 April 2013, China |
| Gengshang Zhu1, 2, Zhenguo Zhang1, 2, Jian Wen1, 2, Wei Zhang1, 2, Xiaofei Chen1, 2 |
1 School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
2 Laboratory of Seismology and Physics of Earth’s Interior, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China |
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Abstract The earthquake occurred in Lushan County on 20 April, 2013 caused heavy casualty and economic loss. In order to understand how the seismic energy propagates during this earthquake and how it causes the seismic hazard, we simulated the strong ground motions from a representative kinematic source model by Zhang et al. (Chin J Geophys 56(4): 1408–1411, 2013) for this earthquake. To include the topographic effects, we used the curved grids finite difference method by Zhang and Chen (Geophys J Int 167(1): 337–353, 2006), Zhang et al. (Geophys J Int 190(1): 358–378, 2012) to implement the simulations. Our results indicated that the majority of seismic energy concentrated in the epicentral area and the vicinal Sichuan Basin, causing the XI and VII degree intensity. Due to the strong topographic effects of the mountain, the seismic intensity in the border area across the northeastern of Boxing County to the Lushan County also reached IX degree. Moreover, the strong influence of topography caused the amplifications of ground shaking at the mountain ridge, which is easy to cause landslides. These results are quite similar to those observed in the Wenchuan earthquake of 2008 occurred also in a strong topographic mountain area.
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Received: 09 July 2013
Published: 30 October 2013
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| Fund:the National Natural Science Foundation under Grant 4109029 |
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Corresponding Authors:
Xiaofei Chen
E-mail: xfchen1@ustc.edu.cn
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