Location

2014/06/19 13:52:19 43.93 17.16 10 4.4 Bosnia Herzegovina

Arrival Times (from USGS)

Arrival time list

Felt Map

USGS Felt map for this earthquake

USGS Felt reports archive

Focal Mechanism

 USGS/SLU Moment Tensor Solution
 ENS  2014/06/19 13:52:19:9  43.93   17.16  10.0 4.4 Bosnia Herzegovina
 
 Stations used:
   CZ.KHC CZ.KRUC CZ.TREC GR.FUR GR.WET HT.HORT HT.KNT HT.SRS 
   HT.THE HU.BEHE HU.BUD HU.SOP MN.BLY MN.DIVS MN.PDG MN.TIR 
   MN.VTS OE.MOA OE.OBKA OE.RETA OE.SOKA OE.WTTA RO.ARR RO.BZS 
   RO.LOT SJ.BBLS SJ.FRGS SL.CRES SL.DOBS SL.GBAS SL.GCIS 
   SL.KNDS SL.KOGS SL.LJU SL.MOZS SL.PERS SL.VISS SL.VNDS 
 
 Filtering commands used:
   cut o DIST/3.3 -30 o DIST/3.3 +70
   rtr
   taper w 0.1
   hp c 0.02 n 3 
   lp c 0.07 n 3 
 
 Best Fitting Double Couple
  Mo = 1.10e+22 dyne-cm
  Mw = 3.96 
  Z  = 19 km
  Plane   Strike  Dip  Rake
   NP1       10    87   -100
   NP2      265    10   -15
  Principal Axes:
   Axis    Value   Plunge  Azimuth
    T   1.10e+22     42     109
    N   0.00e+00     10      10
    P  -1.10e+22     47     270

 Moment Tensor: (dyne-cm)
    Component   Value
       Mxx     6.44e+20
       Mxy    -1.90e+21
       Mxz    -1.75e+21
       Myy     3.27e+20
       Myz     1.06e+22
       Mzz    -9.71e+20
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                     ##########----                  
                 ####----------####----              
              ###--------------########---           
             ##----------------###########-          
           ##------------------#############-        
          #-------------------###############-       
         #--------------------################-      
        #---------------------#################-     
        ---------------------###################     
       #---------------------###################-    
       ---------   ----------####################    
       --------- P ----------####################    
       ---------   ---------##########   ########    
        --------------------########## T #######     
        --------------------##########   #######     
         ------------------####################      
          -----------------###################       
           ---------------###################        
             -------------#################          
              ------------################           
                 --------##############              
                     ----##########                  
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
 Global CMT Convention Moment Tensor:
      R          T          P
 -9.71e+20  -1.75e+21  -1.06e+22 
 -1.75e+21   6.44e+20   1.90e+21 
 -1.06e+22   1.90e+21   3.27e+20 


Details of the solution is found at

http://www.eas.slu.edu/eqc/eqc_mt/MECH.EU/20140619135219/index.html
        

Preferred Solution

The preferred solution from an analysis of the surface-wave spectral amplitude radiation pattern, waveform inversion and first motion observations is

      STK = 265
      DIP = 10
     RAKE = -15
       MW = 3.96
       HS = 19.0

The NDK file is 20140619135219.ndk The waveform inversion is preferred.

Moment Tensor Comparison

The following compares this source inversion to others
SLU
 USGS/SLU Moment Tensor Solution
 ENS  2014/06/19 13:52:19:9  43.93   17.16  10.0 4.4 Bosnia Herzegovina
 
 Stations used:
   CZ.KHC CZ.KRUC CZ.TREC GR.FUR GR.WET HT.HORT HT.KNT HT.SRS 
   HT.THE HU.BEHE HU.BUD HU.SOP MN.BLY MN.DIVS MN.PDG MN.TIR 
   MN.VTS OE.MOA OE.OBKA OE.RETA OE.SOKA OE.WTTA RO.ARR RO.BZS 
   RO.LOT SJ.BBLS SJ.FRGS SL.CRES SL.DOBS SL.GBAS SL.GCIS 
   SL.KNDS SL.KOGS SL.LJU SL.MOZS SL.PERS SL.VISS SL.VNDS 
 
 Filtering commands used:
   cut o DIST/3.3 -30 o DIST/3.3 +70
   rtr
   taper w 0.1
   hp c 0.02 n 3 
   lp c 0.07 n 3 
 
 Best Fitting Double Couple
  Mo = 1.10e+22 dyne-cm
  Mw = 3.96 
  Z  = 19 km
  Plane   Strike  Dip  Rake
   NP1       10    87   -100
   NP2      265    10   -15
  Principal Axes:
   Axis    Value   Plunge  Azimuth
    T   1.10e+22     42     109
    N   0.00e+00     10      10
    P  -1.10e+22     47     270

 Moment Tensor: (dyne-cm)
    Component   Value
       Mxx     6.44e+20
       Mxy    -1.90e+21
       Mxz    -1.75e+21
       Myy     3.27e+20
       Myz     1.06e+22
       Mzz    -9.71e+20
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
                     ##########----                  
                 ####----------####----              
              ###--------------########---           
             ##----------------###########-          
           ##------------------#############-        
          #-------------------###############-       
         #--------------------################-      
        #---------------------#################-     
        ---------------------###################     
       #---------------------###################-    
       ---------   ----------####################    
       --------- P ----------####################    
       ---------   ---------##########   ########    
        --------------------########## T #######     
        --------------------##########   #######     
         ------------------####################      
          -----------------###################       
           ---------------###################        
             -------------#################          
              ------------################           
                 --------##############              
                     ----##########                  
                                                     
                                                     
                                                     
 Global CMT Convention Moment Tensor:
      R          T          P
 -9.71e+20  -1.75e+21  -1.06e+22 
 -1.75e+21   6.44e+20   1.90e+21 
 -1.06e+22   1.90e+21   3.27e+20 


Details of the solution is found at

http://www.eas.slu.edu/eqc/eqc_mt/MECH.EU/20140619135219/index.html
	

Waveform Inversion

The focal mechanism was determined using broadband seismic waveforms. The location of the event and the and stations used for the waveform inversion are shown in the next figure.
Location of broadband stations used for waveform inversion

The program wvfgrd96 was used with good traces observed at short distance to determine the focal mechanism, depth and seismic moment. This technique requires a high quality signal and well determined velocity model for the Green functions. To the extent that these are the quality data, this type of mechanism should be preferred over the radiation pattern technique which requires the separate step of defining the pressure and tension quadrants and the correct strike.

The observed and predicted traces are filtered using the following gsac commands:

cut o DIST/3.3 -30 o DIST/3.3 +70
rtr
taper w 0.1
hp c 0.02 n 3 
lp c 0.07 n 3 
The results of this grid search from 0.5 to 19 km depth are as follow:

           DEPTH  STK   DIP  RAKE   MW    FIT
WVFGRD96    1.0   195    45    90   3.64 0.3531
WVFGRD96    2.0   195    45    90   3.73 0.4055
WVFGRD96    3.0   200    45    90   3.76 0.3483
WVFGRD96    4.0   115    25     5   3.75 0.2595
WVFGRD96    5.0   115    20     5   3.77 0.3091
WVFGRD96    6.0   120    20    15   3.77 0.3494
WVFGRD96    7.0   115    20    10   3.77 0.3783
WVFGRD96    8.0   305    10    20   3.86 0.4007
WVFGRD96    9.0   300    10    15   3.86 0.4387
WVFGRD96   10.0   295    10    10   3.87 0.4701
WVFGRD96   11.0   295    10    15   3.89 0.4967
WVFGRD96   12.0   295    10    15   3.89 0.5185
WVFGRD96   13.0   290    10    10   3.90 0.5360
WVFGRD96   14.0   285    10     5   3.91 0.5499
WVFGRD96   15.0   280    10     0   3.92 0.5603
WVFGRD96   16.0   270    10   -10   3.93 0.5678
WVFGRD96   17.0   265    10   -15   3.94 0.5730
WVFGRD96   18.0   265    10   -15   3.95 0.5756
WVFGRD96   19.0   265    10   -15   3.96 0.5759
WVFGRD96   20.0   260    10   -20   3.97 0.5743
WVFGRD96   21.0   260    10   -20   3.98 0.5710
WVFGRD96   22.0   255    10   -25   3.99 0.5658
WVFGRD96   23.0   255    10   -25   4.00 0.5592
WVFGRD96   24.0   230     5   -50   4.01 0.5514
WVFGRD96   25.0   230     5   -50   4.01 0.5423
WVFGRD96   26.0   230     5   -50   4.02 0.5321
WVFGRD96   27.0   230     5   -50   4.03 0.5207
WVFGRD96   28.0   230     5   -50   4.04 0.5084
WVFGRD96   29.0   230     5   -50   4.04 0.4952

The best solution is

WVFGRD96   19.0   265    10   -15   3.96 0.5759

The mechanism correspond to the best fit is
Figure 1. Waveform inversion focal mechanism

The best fit as a function of depth is given in the following figure:

Figure 2. Depth sensitivity for waveform mechanism

The comparison of the observed and predicted waveforms is given in the next figure. The red traces are the observed and the blue are the predicted. Each observed-predicted component is plotted to the same scale and peak amplitudes are indicated by the numbers to the left of each trace. A pair of numbers is given in black at the right of each predicted traces. The upper number it the time shift required for maximum correlation between the observed and predicted traces. This time shift is required because the synthetics are not computed at exactly the same distance as the observed and because the velocity model used in the predictions may not be perfect. A positive time shift indicates that the prediction is too fast and should be delayed to match the observed trace (shift to the right in this figure). A negative value indicates that the prediction is too slow. The lower number gives the percentage of variance reduction to characterize the individual goodness of fit (100% indicates a perfect fit).

The bandpass filter used in the processing and for the display was

cut o DIST/3.3 -30 o DIST/3.3 +70
rtr
taper w 0.1
hp c 0.02 n 3 
lp c 0.07 n 3 
Figure 3. Waveform comparison for selected depth
Focal mechanism sensitivity at the preferred depth. The red color indicates a very good fit to thewavefroms. Each solution is plotted as a vector at a given value of strike and dip with the angle of the vector representing the rake angle, measured, with respect to the upward vertical (N) in the figure.

A check on the assumed source location is possible by looking at the time shifts between the observed and predicted traces. The time shifts for waveform matching arise for several reasons:

Assuming only a mislocation, the time shifts are fit to a functional form:

 Time_shift = A + B cos Azimuth + C Sin Azimuth

The time shifts for this inversion lead to the next figure:

The derived shift in origin time and epicentral coordinates are given at the bottom of the figure.

Discussion

The Future

Should the national backbone of the USGS Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) be implemented with an interstation separation of 300 km, it is very likely that an earthquake such as this would have been recorded at distances on the order of 100-200 km. This means that the closest station would have information on source depth and mechanism that was lacking here.

Acknowledgements

Dr. Harley Benz, USGS, provided the USGS USNSN digital data. The digital data used in this study were provided by Natural Resources Canada through their AUTODRM site http://www.seismo.nrcan.gc.ca/nwfa/autodrm/autodrm_req_e.php, and IRIS using their BUD interface.

Thanks also to the many seismic network operators whose dedication make this effort possible: University of Alaska, University of Washington, Oregon State University, University of Utah, Montana Bureas of Mines, UC Berkely, Caltech, UC San Diego, Saint L ouis University, Universityof Memphis, Lamont Doehrty Earth Observatory, Boston College, the Iris stations and the Transportable Array of EarthScope.

Velocity Model

The WUS used for the waveform synthetic seismograms and for the surface wave eigenfunctions and dispersion is as follows:

MODEL.01
Model after     8 iterations
ISOTROPIC
KGS
FLAT EARTH
1-D
CONSTANT VELOCITY
LINE08
LINE09
LINE10
LINE11
      H(KM)   VP(KM/S)   VS(KM/S) RHO(GM/CC)         QP         QS       ETAP       ETAS      FREFP      FREFS
     1.9000     3.4065     2.0089     2.2150  0.302E-02  0.679E-02   0.00       0.00       1.00       1.00    
     6.1000     5.5445     3.2953     2.6089  0.349E-02  0.784E-02   0.00       0.00       1.00       1.00    
    13.0000     6.2708     3.7396     2.7812  0.212E-02  0.476E-02   0.00       0.00       1.00       1.00    
    19.0000     6.4075     3.7680     2.8223  0.111E-02  0.249E-02   0.00       0.00       1.00       1.00    
     0.0000     7.9000     4.6200     3.2760  0.164E-10  0.370E-10   0.00       0.00       1.00       1.00    

Quality Control

Here we tabulate the reasons for not using certain digital data sets

The following stations did not have a valid response files:

DATE=Thu Jun 19 10:26:12 CDT 2014

Last Changed 2014/06/19