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A first modeling of dynamic and static crustal strain field from near-field dilatation measurements: example of the 2013 \(M_w\) 6.2 Ruisui earthquake, Taiwan

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We analyze the high-resolution dilatation data for the October 2013 \(M_w\) 6.2 Ruisui, Taiwan, earthquake, which occurred at a distance of 15–20 km away from a Sacks–Evertson dilatometer network. Based on well-constrained source parameters (\(\hbox {strike}=217^\circ \), \(\hbox {dip}=48^\circ \), \(\hbox {rake}=49^\circ \)), we propose a simple rupture model that explains the permanent static deformation and the dynamic vibrations at short period (\(\sim \)3.5–4.5 s) for most of the four sites with less than 20 % of discrepancies. This study represents a first attempt of modeling simultaneously the dynamic and static crustal strain using dilatation data. The results illustrate the potential for strain recordings of high-frequency seismic waves in the near-field of an earthquake to add constraints on the properties of seismic sources.

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Acknowledgments

We thank the editor Andy Hooper and the three anonymous reviewers that helped to improve the manuscript. We thank the support staff of the Carnegie Institution of Washington for the construction, installation, and maintenance of the dilatometers. We are grateful to many colleagues at the Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica who have participated in collecting strainmeter data. We thank Pascal Bernard for his relevant comments. We thank Y. G. Huang for preparing the figures in the manuscript. This is the contribution of the Ministry of Science and Technology and Central Weather Bureau of Taiwan, supported by Grant MOST 104-2628-M-001-008-MY4 and MOTC-CWB-105-E-01. This is a contribution of the Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, IESAS2047.

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  1. Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, P.O. Box 1-55, Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan

    Alexandre Canitano, Ya-Ju Hsu & Hsin-Ming Lee

  2. Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, USA

    Alan T. Linde & Selwyn Sacks

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Canitano, A., Hsu, YJ., Lee, HM. et al. A first modeling of dynamic and static crustal strain field from near-field dilatation measurements: example of the 2013 \(M_w\) 6.2 Ruisui earthquake, Taiwan. J Geod 91, 1–8 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00190-016-0933-6

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