%0 Journal Article %1 kumagai_etal:2013 %A Kumagai, Hiroyuki %A Pulido, Nelson %A Fukuyama, Eiichi %A Aoi, Shin %D 2013 %J Journal of Geophysical Research %K *in-press geophysics seismology %R 10.1029/2012JB009670 %T High-frequency source radiation during the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake, Japan, inferred from KiK-net strong-motion seismograms %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2012JB009670 %X To investigate source processes of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake, we utilized a source location method using high-frequency (5-10 Hz) seismic amplitudes. In this method, we assumed far-field isotropic radiation of S waves, and conducted a spatial grid search to find the best fitting source locations along the subducted slab in each successive time window. Our application of the method to the Tohoku-Oki earthquake resulted in artifact source locations at shallow depths near the trench caused by limited station coverage and noise effects. We then assumed various source node distributions along the plate, and found that the observed seismograms were most reasonably explained when assuming deep source nodes. This result suggests that the high-frequency seismic waves were radiated at deeper depths during the earthquake, a feature which is consistent with results obtained from teleseismic back-projection and strong-motion source model studies. We identified three high-frequency sub-events, and compared them with the moment-rate function estimated from low-frequency seismograms. Our comparison indicated that no significant moment release occurred during the first high-frequency sub-event and the largest moment-release pulse occurred almost simultaneously with the second high-frequency sub-event. We speculated that the initial slow rupture propagated bilaterally from the hypocenter toward the land and trench. The landward sub-shear rupture propagation consisted of three successive high-frequency sub-events. The trenchward propagation ruptured the strong asperity and released the largest moment near the trench.

@article{kumagai_etal:2013, abstract = {To investigate source processes of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake, we utilized a source location method using high-frequency (5-10 Hz) seismic amplitudes. In this method, we assumed far-field isotropic radiation of S waves, and conducted a spatial grid search to find the best fitting source locations along the subducted slab in each successive time window. Our application of the method to the Tohoku-Oki earthquake resulted in artifact source locations at shallow depths near the trench caused by limited station coverage and noise effects. We then assumed various source node distributions along the plate, and found that the observed seismograms were most reasonably explained when assuming deep source nodes. This result suggests that the high-frequency seismic waves were radiated at deeper depths during the earthquake, a feature which is consistent with results obtained from teleseismic back-projection and strong-motion source model studies. We identified three high-frequency sub-events, and compared them with the moment-rate function estimated from low-frequency seismograms. Our comparison indicated that no significant moment release occurred during the first high-frequency sub-event and the largest moment-release pulse occurred almost simultaneously with the second high-frequency sub-event. We speculated that the initial slow rupture propagated bilaterally from the hypocenter toward the land and trench. The landward sub-shear rupture propagation consisted of three successive high-frequency sub-events. The trenchward propagation ruptured the strong asperity and released the largest moment near the trench.}, added-at = {2013-02-12T19:50:54.000+0100}, author = {Kumagai, Hiroyuki and Pulido, Nelson and Fukuyama, Eiichi and Aoi, Shin}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/275121e1ba613a178c04ebbb1dfc25e10/nilsma}, day = 1, doi = {10.1029/2012JB009670}, interhash = {970ca223a0c3538fe69df02524511491}, intrahash = {75121e1ba613a178c04ebbb1dfc25e10}, issn = {0148-0227}, journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research}, keywords = {*in-press geophysics seismology}, month = feb, timestamp = {2021-02-09T13:26:37.000+0100}, title = {High-frequency source radiation during the 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake, Japan, inferred from KiK-net strong-motion seismograms}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2012JB009670}, year = 2013 }