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Vertical coseismic deformation on non-causative fault caused by remote strong earthquakes (epicentral distance ≥1 500 km, M S≥7.0) are observed by fault-monitoring instruments of new type during recent two years. The monitoring result shows, delay time, maximum amplitude and duration of vertical deformation on the non-causative fault have remarkable close relationship with earthquakes magnitude and epicentral distance. The delay time of vertical coseismic deformation have positive linear relationship with epicentral distance. The velocity of coseismic deformation is 5.5 km/s, close to the velocity of surface wave in granite. The logarithms of maximum amplitude of coseismic deformation and epicentral distance have remarkable linear relationship with magnitude. The greater the magnitude and the closer the epicentral distance are, the bigger the maximum amplitude of coseismic deformation on non-causative fault will be. Relative to the epicentral distance, the magnitude is the most important factor to the duration of coseismic vertical deformation on the non-causative fault. Stronger earthquake causes longer vibration duration of coseismic deformation. The experiential equation of co-seismic deformation faults obtained by this work is significant on the coseismic deformation research.
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Jing, Y., Zhang, Sz., Li, H. et al. Response of vertical deformation on faults to remote strong earthquakes. Acta Seimol. Sin. 20, 172–179 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11589-007-0172-2
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11589-007-0172-2