| Title | Regional centroid moment tensor solutions for eastern Canadian earthquakes: 2015 |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
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| Author | Bent, A L |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 8050, 2017, 26 pages, https://doi.org/10.4095/299816  Open Access |
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| Year | 2017 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | on-line; digital |
| Related | This publication is related to the
following publications |
| File format | pdf |
| Province | Newfoundland and Labrador; Nova Scotia; Nunavut; Quebec; Eastern offshore region; Northern offshore region |
| NTS | 1; 2; 3; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28A; 28B; 28C; 28D; 28E; 28F; 30M; 30N; 31; 32; 33; 34; 35; 36; 37; 38A; 38B; 38C; 38D; 38E; 38F |
| Lat/Long WENS | -80.0000 -45.0000 75.0000 43.0000 |
| Subjects | geophysics; tectonics; earthquakes; earthquake studies; earthquake foci; seismographs; seismicity; seismic velocities; earthquake mechanisms; seismology; tectonic environments; seismic risk; earthquake
risk; models; stress patterns; Recent; Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Quaternary |
| Illustrations | tables; location maps; graphs; focal mechanisms; spectra |
| Program | Canadian Hazard Information Service |
| Released | 2017 02 28 |
| Abstract | Regional centroid moment tensor solutions have been determined for seven moderate-sized earthquakes in eastern Canada during 2015. The moment tensor inversion method is used to determine the focal
mechanism, depth and seismic moment of the earthquakes. These parameters, in turn, provide information about the seismotectonic environment in which the earthquakes occur and may help improve seismic hazard estimates. The purpose of this report is
not to provide an in-depth analysis of any specific earthquake but to catalog the solutions and data used to obtain them to make them available for future research projects. |
| Summary | (Plain Language Summary, not published)
Regional centroid moment tensor solutions have been determined for seven moderate-sized earthquakes that occurred in eastern Canada during 2015. The
moment tensor inversion method is used to determine the focal mechanism (fault parameters), depth and seismic moment (size) of the earthquakes. These parameters, in turn, provide information about the seismotectonic environment in which the
earthquakes occur and may help improve seismic hazard estimates. The purpose of this report is to catalog the solutions and data used to obtain them to make them available for future research projects. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 299816 |
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