Internal structure of the San Jacinto fault zone in the trifurcation area southeast of Anza, California, from data of dense linear arrays

Lei Qin, Yehuda Ben-Zion, Hongrui Qiu, Pieter-Ewald Share, Zachary E. Ross, & Frank L. Vernon

Published August 14, 2016, SCEC Contribution #6784, 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting Poster #220

We analyze two years of data from a linear array composed of six 3-component sensors separated by about 25 m, and one-month data from 1108 vertical geophones in ~650 m x 650 m box configuration with instrument spacing 10-30 m, straddling the Clark branch of the San Jacinto fault zone southeast of Anza, California. The examined data include recordings from >10000 local events and some teleseismic events. Automatic picking algorithms and visual inspection are used to identify P and S body waves, along with fault zone head and trapped waves. The locations of the seismogenic fault and damage zone are found by examining waveform changes in both along-strike fault-normal directions. The seismogenic fault location agrees with a geologically mapped surface trace of the Clark branch. Regional earthquake tomography shows that the NE side of the fault has faster seismic velocity on large scale. Statistical analysis of P arrival times indicates a local reversal of the velocity contrast across the fault, with slower velocities NE of the fault related to the fault damage zone. A portion of the damage zone generates P trapped waves. Waveforms recorded by several fault-normal lines of the box array are stacked to improve the ability to detect fault zone head and S trapped waves. Updated results will be presented in the meeting.

Citation
Qin, L., Ben-Zion, Y., Qiu, H., Share, P., Ross, Z. E., & Vernon, F. L. (2016, 08). Internal structure of the San Jacinto fault zone in the trifurcation area southeast of Anza, California, from data of dense linear arrays. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting.

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