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Periodic electromagnetic signals as potential precursor for seismic activity

一种反应地震前兆活动的周期性电磁信号

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Electromagnetic signals may be a promising precursor to seismic activity which has been observed in many case studies in past decades. However, the correlation and causation between the electromagnetic signals and the seismic activity are still unclear without intensive observation network. In order to find seismoelectromagnetic phenomenon, we deployed AETA (acoustic and electromagnetic testing all-in-one system), a high-density multi-component seismic monitoring system in the China Earthquake Science Experiment site (CESE, in Sichuan Province and Yunnan Province, China) and the capital circle (areas with a distance which is ≤200 km from Beijing), to record electromagnetic and geo-acoustic data across 0.1 Hz–10 kHz. In the course of data collection, we discovered an electromagnetic waveform that occurs on a daily basis. Because the signal generally coincides with sunrise and sunset, we named this phenomenon the SRSS (Sunrise-Sunset) waveform. After conducting three statistical tests based on seismicity and SRSS, we determined that the SRSS waveform is roughly correlated with the onset of seismic activity. It generally occurs at the regions where seismicity occurs. This discovery might have significant implications with respect to the future of earthquake prediction.

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电磁信号是反应地震前兆活动的重要信号,在过去几十年里有很多观测震例和研究实验。但是, 由于没有密集的观测网获取大量的真实数据,电磁信号和地震活动之间的相关性尚不清楚。为了找到 地震强相关的电磁现象,在川滇地区和首都圈布设了高密度的多分量地震监测系统(AETA),来观测 0.1 Hz~10 kHz 的电磁和地声数据。在数据的采集中,发现了电磁信号的波形呈现日周期的特性。该 信号的变化与日升日落同步,因此命名为日升日落波SRSS(Sunrise-Sunset)。本文通过三次震例分析, 发现SRSS 波与地震事件具有强相关性,该信号通常出现在地震活跃的区域。SRSS 波与地震相关性 对地震预测意义重大。

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Acknowledgements

We appreciate the support and assistance of the China Earthquake Administration, the Sichuan Earthquake Administration (and its subordinate earthquake bureaus), the Yunnan Earthquake Administration (and its subordinate earthquake bureaus), and the Hebei Earthquake Administration (and its subordinate earthquake bureaus), China. We are grateful for the kind support and guidance of YANG Fu-qing and WANG Yang-yuan. We would also like to thank Shenzhen Valley Venture for their service and improvement upon the AETA instrumentation.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Integrated Micro-Systems Science and Engineering Applications, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, 518055, China

    Shan-shan Yong  (雍珊珊), Xin-an Wang  (王新安), Qin-meng Guo  (郭琴梦), Jing Wang  (王晶), Chao Yang  (杨超) & Bing-hui Jiang  (蒋冰慧)

  2. School of Electronics Engineering and Computer Science, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China

    Xing Zhang  (张兴)

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YONG Shan-shan conceptualized the problem, wrote the main manuscript text, and contributed to some figure preparation. WANG Xin-an contributed to the manuscript framework and reviewed the manuscript. GUO Qin-meng, WANG Jing, YANG Chao and JIANG Bing-hui wrote part of the manuscript text and contributed to some data and figure preparation. ZHANG Xing reviewed the manuscript.

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YONG Shan-shan, WANG Xin-an, ZHANG Xing, GUO Qin-meng, WANG Jing, YANG Chao, JIANG Bing-hui declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Foundation item: Projects(KJYY20170721151955849, JCYJ20190808161401653) supported by Fundamental Research Grant from Shenzhen Science & Technology, China

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Yong, Ss., Wang, Xa., Zhang, X. et al. Periodic electromagnetic signals as potential precursor for seismic activity. J. Cent. South Univ. 28, 2463–2471 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-021-4739-1

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