The ANSS event ID is us1000bxhi and the event page is at https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us1000bxhi/executive.
2017/12/29 04:45:00 36.154 -97.671 5.6 3.8 Oklahoma
USGS/SLU Moment Tensor Solution ENS 2017/12/29 04:45:00:0 36.15 -97.67 5.6 3.8 Oklahoma Stations used: GM.IWM01 GS.KAN01 GS.KAN05 GS.KAN06 GS.KAN08 GS.KAN09 GS.KAN10 GS.KAN12 GS.KAN13 GS.KAN17 GS.KS21 GS.OK032 GS.OK033 GS.OK035 GS.OK038 GS.OK048 GS.OK051 GS.OK052 N4.T35B N4.Z35B OK.CROK OK.FNO OK.U32A OK.W35A TX.FW03 TX.FW13 TX.WTFS US.AMTX US.KSU1 US.WMOK Filtering commands used: cut o DIST/3.3 -20 o DIST/3.3 +50 rtr taper w 0.1 hp c 0.03 n 3 lp c 0.08 n 3 br c 0.12 0.25 n 4 p 2 Best Fitting Double Couple Mo = 4.32e+21 dyne-cm Mw = 3.69 Z = 4 km Plane Strike Dip Rake NP1 210 90 180 NP2 300 90 -0 Principal Axes: Axis Value Plunge Azimuth T 4.32e+21 -0 345 N 0.00e+00 90 210 P -4.32e+21 -0 75 Moment Tensor: (dyne-cm) Component Value Mxx 3.74e+21 Mxy -2.16e+21 Mxz -9.43e+13 Myy -3.74e+21 Myz 1.63e+14 Mzz -0.00e+00 T ########### #### ##############- #######################----- #######################------- ########################---------- ########################------------ -----###################------------- ---------###############-------------- P ------------###########--------------- ----------------#######------------------- -------------------###-------------------- --------------------###------------------- -------------------#######---------------- -----------------###########------------ ----------------###############--------- --------------###################----- ------------######################## ----------######################## -------####################### -----####################### -##################### ############## Global CMT Convention Moment Tensor: R T P -0.00e+00 -9.43e+13 -1.63e+14 -9.43e+13 3.74e+21 2.16e+21 -1.63e+14 2.16e+21 -3.74e+21 Details of the solution is found at http://www.eas.slu.edu/eqc/eqc_mt/MECH.NA/20171229044500/index.html |
STK = 120 DIP = 90 RAKE = 0 MW = 3.69 HS = 4.0
The NDK file is 20171229044500.ndk The waveform inversion is preferred.
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.
USGS/SLU Moment Tensor Solution ENS 2017/12/29 04:45:00:0 36.15 -97.67 5.6 3.8 Oklahoma Stations used: GM.IWM01 GS.KAN01 GS.KAN05 GS.KAN06 GS.KAN08 GS.KAN09 GS.KAN10 GS.KAN12 GS.KAN13 GS.KAN17 GS.KS21 GS.OK032 GS.OK033 GS.OK035 GS.OK038 GS.OK048 GS.OK051 GS.OK052 N4.T35B N4.Z35B OK.CROK OK.FNO OK.U32A OK.W35A TX.FW03 TX.FW13 TX.WTFS US.AMTX US.KSU1 US.WMOK Filtering commands used: cut o DIST/3.3 -20 o DIST/3.3 +50 rtr taper w 0.1 hp c 0.03 n 3 lp c 0.08 n 3 br c 0.12 0.25 n 4 p 2 Best Fitting Double Couple Mo = 4.32e+21 dyne-cm Mw = 3.69 Z = 4 km Plane Strike Dip Rake NP1 210 90 180 NP2 300 90 -0 Principal Axes: Axis Value Plunge Azimuth T 4.32e+21 -0 345 N 0.00e+00 90 210 P -4.32e+21 -0 75 Moment Tensor: (dyne-cm) Component Value Mxx 3.74e+21 Mxy -2.16e+21 Mxz -9.43e+13 Myy -3.74e+21 Myz 1.63e+14 Mzz -0.00e+00 T ########### #### ##############- #######################----- #######################------- ########################---------- ########################------------ -----###################------------- ---------###############-------------- P ------------###########--------------- ----------------#######------------------- -------------------###-------------------- --------------------###------------------- -------------------#######---------------- -----------------###########------------ ----------------###############--------- --------------###################----- ------------######################## ----------######################## -------####################### -----####################### -##################### ############## Global CMT Convention Moment Tensor: R T P -0.00e+00 -9.43e+13 -1.63e+14 -9.43e+13 3.74e+21 2.16e+21 -1.63e+14 2.16e+21 -3.74e+21 Details of the solution is found at http://www.eas.slu.edu/eqc/eqc_mt/MECH.NA/20171229044500/index.html |
egional Moment Tensor (Mwr) Moment 6.657e+14 N-m Magnitude 3.8 Mwr Depth 3.0 km Percent DC 74 % Half Duration – Catalog US Data Source US1 Contributor US1 Nodal Planes Plane Strike Dip Rake NP1 213 80 -163 NP2 120 73 -10 Principal Axes Axis Value Plunge Azimuth T 7.065e+14 N-m 5 346 N -0.910e+14 N-m 70 241 P -6.155e+14 N-m 19 78 |
Given the availability of digital waveforms for determination of the moment tensor, this section documents the added processing leading to mLg, if appropriate to the region, and ML by application of the respective IASPEI formulae. As a research study, the linear distance term of the IASPEI formula for ML is adjusted to remove a linear distance trend in residuals to give a regionally defined ML. The defined ML uses horizontal component recordings, but the same procedure is applied to the vertical components since there may be some interest in vertical component ground motions. Residual plots versus distance may indicate interesting features of ground motion scaling in some distance ranges. A residual plot of the regionalized magnitude is given as a function of distance and azimuth, since data sets may transcend different wave propagation provinces.
Left: mLg computed using the IASPEI formula. Center: mLg residuals versus epicentral distance ; the values used for the trimmed mean magnitude estimate are indicated.
Right: residuals as a function of distance and azimuth.
Left: ML computed using the IASPEI formula for Horizontal components. Center: ML residuals computed using a modified IASPEI formula that accounts for path specific attenuation; the values used for the trimmed mean are indicated. The ML relation used for each figure is given at the bottom of each plot.
Right: Residuals from new relation as a function of distance and azimuth.
Left: ML computed using the IASPEI formula for Vertical components (research). Center: ML residuals computed using a modified IASPEI formula that accounts for path specific attenuation; the values used for the trimmed mean are indicated. The ML relation used for each figure is given at the bottom of each plot.
Right: Residuals from new relation as a function of distance and azimuth.
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The focal mechanism was determined using broadband seismic waveforms. The location of the event (star) and the stations used for (red) the waveform inversion are shown in the next figure.
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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's 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 -20 o DIST/3.3 +50 rtr taper w 0.1 hp c 0.03 n 3 lp c 0.08 n 3 br c 0.12 0.25 n 4 p 2The results of this grid search are as follow:
DEPTH STK DIP RAKE MW FIT WVFGRD96 1.0 120 90 0 3.48 0.5184 WVFGRD96 2.0 120 90 0 3.60 0.6873 WVFGRD96 3.0 120 90 -5 3.65 0.7350 WVFGRD96 4.0 120 90 0 3.69 0.7475 WVFGRD96 5.0 120 80 -20 3.73 0.7434 WVFGRD96 6.0 125 80 25 3.75 0.7440 WVFGRD96 7.0 125 85 25 3.76 0.7431 WVFGRD96 8.0 300 90 -35 3.80 0.7383 WVFGRD96 9.0 125 85 30 3.81 0.7347 WVFGRD96 10.0 300 90 -30 3.81 0.7262 WVFGRD96 11.0 125 80 30 3.82 0.7264 WVFGRD96 12.0 300 90 -30 3.83 0.7159 WVFGRD96 13.0 125 80 25 3.84 0.7191 WVFGRD96 14.0 125 80 25 3.84 0.7148 WVFGRD96 15.0 125 75 25 3.85 0.7107 WVFGRD96 16.0 125 75 25 3.86 0.7075 WVFGRD96 17.0 125 75 25 3.87 0.7049 WVFGRD96 18.0 120 85 -25 3.89 0.6950 WVFGRD96 19.0 120 85 -25 3.89 0.6925 WVFGRD96 20.0 120 85 -20 3.90 0.6902 WVFGRD96 21.0 305 80 20 3.91 0.6875 WVFGRD96 22.0 120 85 -20 3.92 0.6845 WVFGRD96 23.0 125 70 20 3.93 0.6954 WVFGRD96 24.0 125 70 20 3.93 0.6935 WVFGRD96 25.0 125 70 20 3.94 0.6909 WVFGRD96 26.0 125 70 20 3.95 0.6880 WVFGRD96 27.0 125 70 20 3.96 0.6846 WVFGRD96 28.0 125 70 20 3.97 0.6804 WVFGRD96 29.0 125 70 20 3.98 0.6752
The best solution is
WVFGRD96 4.0 120 90 0 3.69 0.7475
The mechanism corresponding to the best fit is
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The best fit as a function of depth is given in the following figure:
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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, the velocity model used in the predictions may not be perfect and the epicentral parameters may be be off. 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 -20 o DIST/3.3 +50 rtr taper w 0.1 hp c 0.03 n 3 lp c 0.08 n 3 br c 0.12 0.25 n 4 p 2
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Figure 3. Waveform comparison for selected depth. Red: observed; Blue - predicted. The time shift with respect to the model prediction is indicated. The percent of fit is also indicated. The time scale is relative to the first trace sample. |
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Focal mechanism sensitivity at the preferred depth. The red color indicates a very good fit to the waveforms. 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:
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.
The WUS.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 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