Location

Location ANSS

The ANSS event ID is usp0008a5s and the event page is at https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp0008a5s/executive.

1997/11/06 02:34:33 46.800 -71.410 22.5 4.38 Quebec, Canada

Focal Mechanism

USGS/SLU Moment Tensor Solution ENS 1997/11/06 02:34:33:0 46.800 -71.410 22.5 4.4 Quebec, Canada Stations used: Filtering commands used: Best Fitting Double Couple Mo = 4.68e+22 dyne-cm Mw = 4.38 Z = 21 km Plane Strike Dip Rake NP1 45 70 85 NP2 239 21 103 Principal Axes: Axis Value Plunge Azimuth T 4.68e+22 65 307 N 0.00e+00 5 47 P -4.68e+22 25 139 Moment Tensor: (dyne-cm) Component Value Mxx -1.88e+22 Mxy 1.50e+22 Mxz 2.43e+22 Myy -1.11e+22 Myz -2.62e+22 Mzz 3.00e+22 -------------- ---------------------- --------#################--- ------#######################- -----##########################--# ----###########################----- ----############################------ ----######### ################-------- ---########## T ##############---------- ---########### #############------------ --###########################------------- --#########################--------------- --#######################----------------- -######################----------------- -####################------------------- #################--------------------- ##############------------- ------ ##########---------------- P ----- ###--------------------- --- ---------------------------- ---------------------- -------------- Global CMT Convention Moment Tensor: R T P 3.00e+22 2.43e+22 2.62e+22 2.43e+22 -1.88e+22 -1.50e+22 2.62e+22 -1.50e+22 -1.11e+22 Details of the solution is found at http://www.eas.slu.edu/eqc/eqc_mt/MECH.NA/19971106023433/index.html

Preferred Solution

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

      STK = 45
      DIP = 70
     RAKE = 85
       MW = 4.38
       HS = 21

The NDK file is 19971106023433.ndk

Moment Tensor Comparison

The following compares this source inversion to those provided by others. The purpose is to look for major differences and also to note slight differences that might be inherent to the processing procedure. For completeness the USGS/SLU solution is repeated from above.

SLU LDEO

USGS/SLU Moment Tensor Solution ENS 1997/11/06 02:34:33:0 46.800 -71.410 22.5 4.4 Quebec, Canada Stations used: Filtering commands used: Best Fitting Double Couple Mo = 4.68e+22 dyne-cm Mw = 4.38 Z = 21 km Plane Strike Dip Rake NP1 45 70 85 NP2 239 21 103 Principal Axes: Axis Value Plunge Azimuth T 4.68e+22 65 307 N 0.00e+00 5 47 P -4.68e+22 25 139 Moment Tensor: (dyne-cm) Component Value Mxx -1.88e+22 Mxy 1.50e+22 Mxz 2.43e+22 Myy -1.11e+22 Myz -2.62e+22 Mzz 3.00e+22 -------------- ---------------------- --------#################--- ------#######################- -----##########################--# ----###########################----- ----############################------ ----######### ################-------- ---########## T ##############---------- ---########### #############------------ --###########################------------- --#########################--------------- --#######################----------------- -######################----------------- -####################------------------- #################--------------------- ##############------------- ------ ##########---------------- P ----- ###--------------------- --- ---------------------------- ---------------------- -------------- Global CMT Convention Moment Tensor: R T P 3.00e+22 2.43e+22 2.62e+22 2.43e+22 -1.88e+22 -1.50e+22 2.62e+22 -1.50e+22 -1.11e+22 Details of the solution is found at http://www.eas.slu.edu/eqc/eqc_mt/MECH.NA/19971106023433/index.html

Du et al (2003) 1997/11/06 02:34:30:0 46.800 -71.410 22.5 4.5 Best Fitting Double Couple Mo = 6.38e+22 dyne-cm Mw = 4.47 Z = 22 km Plane Strike Dip Rake NP1 39 63 87 NP2 226 27 96 Principal Axes: Axis Value Plunge Azimuth T 6.38e+22 72 302 N 0.00e+00 3 40 P -6.38e+22 18 131 Moment Tensor: (dyne-cm) Component Value Mxx -2.33e+22 Mxy 2.58e+22 Mxz 2.24e+22 Myy -2.82e+22 Myz -3.01e+22 Mzz 5.16e+22 -------------- ---------------------- -----------################# --------####################-- -------#######################---- -------########################----- ------#########################------- ------##########################-------- -----######### ##############--------- -----########## T #############----------- ----########### ############------------ ----#########################------------- ----########################-------------- ---######################--------------- ---####################----------------- --###################----------------- -#################----------- ---- -#############-------------- P --- #########----------------- - ###------------------------- ---------------------- -------------- Global CMT Convention Moment Tensor: R T P 5.16e+22 2.24e+22 3.01e+22 2.24e+22 -2.33e+22 -2.58e+22 3.01e+22 -2.58e+22 -2.82e+22 Details of the solution is found in Du et al (2003).

Context

The left panel of the next figure presents the focal mechanism for this earthquake (red) in the context of other nearby events (blue) in the SLU Moment Tensor Catalog. The right panel shows the inferred direction of maximum compressive stress and the type of faulting (green is strike-slip, red is normal, blue is thrust; oblique is shown by a combination of colors). Thus context plot is useful for assessing the appropriateness of the moment tensor of this event.

Reference

Older earthquake were studied using analog seismograms, which were digitized and analyzed. The original data are not longer available. However focal mechanism solutions based on the waveforms are given in published literature. At the same time, a given earthquake may have been analyzed independently, and the reference is given here.

For this earthquake the source reference for the Du solution is the following:

Du, Wen-xuan; Kim, Won-Young; Sykes, Lynn R. (2003). Earthquake Source Parameters and State of Stress for the Northeastern United States and Southeastern Canada from Analysis of Regional Seismograms, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am. 93, 1633 - 1648.

Velocity Model

The CUS model used for the waveform synthetic seismograms and for the surface wave eigenfunctions and dispersion is as follows (The format is in the model96 format of Computer Programs in Seismology).

MODEL.01
CUS Model with Q from simple gamma values
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
  1.0000  5.0000  2.8900  2.5000 0.172E-02 0.387E-02 0.00  0.00  1.00  1.00 
  9.0000  6.1000  3.5200  2.7300 0.160E-02 0.363E-02 0.00  0.00  1.00  1.00 
 10.0000  6.4000  3.7000  2.8200 0.149E-02 0.336E-02 0.00  0.00  1.00  1.00 
 20.0000  6.7000  3.8700  2.9020 0.000E-04 0.000E-04 0.00  0.00  1.00  1.00 
  0.0000  8.1500  4.7000  3.3640 0.194E-02 0.431E-02 0.00  0.00  1.00  1.00

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