AbstractThe VLF radio signals recorded both from the ground based VLF radio wave monitoring network and the DEMETER satellite are investigated during the 2010Ms 7.1 Yushu earthquake. The ground-based observations show that the disturbance intensity of VLF wave’s amplitude relative to the background gets an enhancement over 22% at 11.9kHz, 27% at 12.6kHz and 62% at 14.9kHz VLF radio wave along the path from Novosibirsk - TH one day before the main shock, as compared to the maximum 20% observed during non-earthquake time. The space based observations indicate that there is a decrease of the signal to noise ratio (SNR) for the power spectral density data of 14.9kHz VLF radio signal at electric field four days before the main shock, with disturbance intensity exceeding the background by over 5% as compared to the maximum 3% observed during non-earthquake time. The geoelectric field observations in the epicenter region also show that a sharp enhancement from ∼340 to 430mV/km simultaneously appeared at two monitors 14days before main shock. The comparative analysis from the ground and space based observations during the earthquake and non-earthquake time provides us convincible evidence that there exits seismic anomalies from the VLF radio wave propagation before the 2010 Ms 7.1 Yushu earthquake. The possible mechanism for VLF radio signal propagation anomaly during 2010 Yushu earthquake maybe related to the change of the geoelectric field nearby the earthquake zone.
VLF radio wave anomalies associated with the 2010 Ms 7.1 Yushu earthquake
Advances in Space Research ; 59 , 10 ; 2636-2644
2017-02-26
9 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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