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Focal mechanism of volcanic earthquakes

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The focal mechanism solutions for Type A volcanic earthquakes connected with eruptions of the Miake-sima, Tori-shima (Japan) and Beerenberg (Jan Mayen Island) volcanoes are presented. All the considered volcanic earthquakes show focal mechanism of the strike-slip type of faulting. Stresses acting in the volcanic earthquake foci can well be attributed to the regional stress systems.

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  1. Intsitute of Volcanology, USSR Academy of Sciences, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky

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Paper presented to the Symposium on Volcanism and Upper Mantle Earthquakes, IUGG Gen. Assembly, Moscow, Aug. 1971.

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Zobin, V.M. Focal mechanism of volcanic earthquakes. Bull Volcanol 36, 561–571 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02599824

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