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Cálculo de Magnitudes e Relação Freqüência-Magnitudes dos Sismos de João Câmara, RN

Authors :
Marcelo Assumpção
Joaquim Mendes Ferreira
João da Mata Costa
Claudia Moraes Sophia
Mario K. Takeya
Source :
Brazilian Journal of Geophysics. 7:107
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Sociedade Brasileira de Geofisica, 2018.

Abstract

RESUMO. As magnitudes dos principais sismos da serie de Joao Câmara de 1986-1987 foram calculadas com estacoes regionais e telessismicas. Correcoes das estacoes foram determinadas permitindo obter-se valores de magnitudes mais homogeneos e com menores desvios padrao. De agosto de 1986 a fevereiro de 1987, 30 sismos tiveram magnitudes maiores ou iguais a 3,5. A magnitude do maior sismo da serie (30/11/86 as 05:19:48) foi m = 5,03 ± 0,05. Uma relacao empirica entre magnitude e duracao do sinal (m = c 1 log D + c 3 ) na estacao JC01, em Joao Câmara, foi estabelecida permitindo um calculo mais rapido de magnitude de microtremores. Para duracoes medidas ate 1 mm pico-a-pico no sismograma, c 1 = 2,05 e c 3 = –1,61 para m ? 2. O exame das relacoes frequencia-magnitude (log N = a – b m) indica que o coeficiente c 1 deve ser menor para magnitudes abaixo de 2, aproximadamente. Para a atividade geral de Joao Câmara, foi encontrado um valor tipico do parâmetro b de 1,12 ± 0,04. Nao foi observada variacao significativa no valor de b antes e depois do maior sismo de 30/11/1986. Palavras-chave: terremoto, onda de cauda, correcoes de estacao, Rio Grande do Norte. DETERMINATION OF MAGNITUDES AND MAGNITUDE-FREQUENCY RELATION FOR THE EARTHQUAKES OF JOAO CÂMARA, RN ABSTRACT. Magnitudes of the major events of the 1986-1987 Joao Câmara earthquake swarm were calculated with regional and teleseismic stations. Station corrections were determined allowing more homogeneous magnitudes with smaller standard deviations. From August 1986 to February 1987, 30 events had magnitudes greater than 3.5. The largest (November 30, 1986 at 05:19:48) had m = 5.03 ± 0.05. An empirical relation between magnitude, m, and signal duration, D, (m = c 1 log D + c 3 ) at the local station JC01 was established allowing quick estimates of magnitudes for microearthquakes. For durations measured from the P arrival to coda amplitude of 1 mm peak-to-peak, c 1 = 2.05 and c 3 = –1.61 for magnitudes greater than about 2. The study of the frequency-magnitude relation (log N = a – b m) shows that the coefficient c 1 must be smaller for magnitudes less than about 2. For the whole activity of Joao Câmara, a typical b-value of 1.12 ± 0.04 was found. No significant variation was observed in the b-value before and after the main event of November 30, 1986. Keywords: earthquake, coda wave, station corrections, Rio Grande do Norte State.

Subjects

Subjects :
Physics
Homogeneous
Geomorphology

Details

ISSN :
27648044
Volume :
7
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Brazilian Journal of Geophysics
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........616d54cab4e2da85fdf93774385ace12
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.22564/rbgf.v7i2.1078