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Seismicity characteristics of secondary faults in the Zhangjiakou-Bohai tectonic zone

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We have systematically sorted out the seismic events of each secondary fault and its surroundings in the Zhangjiakou-Bohai tectonic belt and jointly carried out their seismicity characteristic study using the accelerating moment release (AMR) model, which fully reflects the release of energy before earthquakes; the Ogata-Katsura 1993 model, which can reflect the accumulated stress level; the moment ratio model, which reflects the frequency change; the region-time-length algorithm, which reflects the calm of regional seismicity. The results showed that the completeness magnitude of the earthquake sequence in the secondary fault area of the Zhangjiakou-Bohai tectonic belt does not change significantly with time but exhibits a small fluctuation change, and the minimum completeness magnitude measured comprehensively is 1.5. The calculated results of various seismicity models exhibited some differences among secondary faults. The AMR and seismic anomaly level of the Nankou-Sunhe fault and Liangxiang-Shunyi hidden fault are relatively high, the stress level of the Tangshan fault and Luanxian-Laoting fault is relatively high, and the seismic activity frequency of the Huaizhuo Basin northwest margin fault and Penglai-Weihai fault changes rapidly. Weighted by the calculation results of various seismicity models, the overall hazard level of each secondary fault in the Zhangjiakou-Bohai tectonic belt is low, and the Nankou-Sunhe fault, Penglai-Weihai fault, and Liangxiang-Shunyi hidden fault are the areas where strong earthquakes need to be focused on in the future.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Key Project of Tianjin Earthquake Agency (No. Zd202206), the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin (No. 22JCQNJC01070), and the Open Fund of Earthquake Prediction (No. XH23072D). The study used the National Unified Official Catalogue provided by the China Earthquake Networks Center. We extend our gratitude to Prof. Jiang Changsheng at the Institute of Geophysics, CEA and Prof. Liu Yue at the Institute of Earthquake Forecasting, CEA, for their procedural and technical support. We are grateful to the teams of the Earthquake Early Risk Warning and Monitoring New Technologies, the Tianjin and Its Surrounding Earthquake Risk Forecast for their technical support and discussions. Additionally, we also thank anonymous reviewers whose comments and editing helped improve the paper greatly.

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    Jin-Meng Bi, Fu-Yang Cao & Ling-Qin Meng

  2. Institute of Geophysics, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing, 100081, China

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Bi Jin-Meng received his double BS and BE (2014) in geophysics and automation from Shandong University of Science and Technology and his MS (2017) in solid geophysics from the Institute of Geophysics, China Earthquake Administration. In July 2017, he joined the Tianjin Seismological Station (formerly Tianjin Monitoring and Forecasting Center) of Tianjin Earthquake Agency. Since September 2022, he has been pursuing a doctor’s degree in the Institute of Geophysics, China Earthquake Administration. His main interests are seismicity and probabilistic seismic hazard analysis.

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Bi, JM., Cao, FY. & Meng, LQ. Seismicity characteristics of secondary faults in the Zhangjiakou-Bohai tectonic zone. Appl. Geophys. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11770-023-1018-y

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