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Focal mechanism of small quakes before and after the Kaoiki, Hawaii, earthquake (M S =6.6) of November 16, 1983

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Acta Seismologica Sinica

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The Kaoiki, Hawaii, earthquake with magnitude 6. 6 of November 16, 1983 was a strike-slip faulting event on a fault with large dip angle. The results for mechanisms of smaller events before and after the Kaoiki mainshock show that there were two kinds of mechanisms: (1) strike-slip on the fault with large dip angle; (2) slip on the crustal discontinuity plane with smaller dip angle, and systematic and alternative changes in the mechanisms were observed.

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  1. Center for Analysis and Prediction, State Seismological Bureau, 100036, Beijing, China

    Zhengxiang Fu

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The Chinese version of this paper appeared in the Chinese edition ofActa Seismologica Sinica,13, 139–149, 1991.

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Fu, Z. Focal mechanism of small quakes before and after the Kaoiki, Hawaii, earthquake (M S =6.6) of November 16, 1983. Acta Seismologica Sinica 5, 225–235 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02651689

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