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Method for Determining the Potential Strain Energy Stored in the Earth before a Large Earthquake

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Abstract

This paper describes a technique for determining the potential energy of deformed material around a future earthquake rupture, with this energy being stored during the precursory period. The basic parameters are the following: rupture length on the Earth’s surface after the earthquake has occurred , rupture depth h, and the relative block movement along the rupture strike line . We compared the results for 44 large earthquakes with those derived by determining seismic wave energy from earthquake magnitude.

Published in Earth Sciences (Volume 2, Issue 2)
DOI 10.11648/j.earth.20130202.14
Page(s) 47-57
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Keywords

Earthquake; Strain Energy; Energy Seismic Waves; Comparison

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  • Institute of Geological Sciences, National Academy of Sciences, Prosp. Marshal Bagramyan, 24a, Yerevan, 0019, Republic of Armenia

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