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Special Issue: Special section for the 2003 Tokachi-oki earthquake

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Low frequency events occurred during the sequence of aftershock activity of the 2003 Tokachi-Oki earthquake; a dynamic process of the tectonic erosion by subducted seamount

Earth, Planets and Space volume 56, pages 347–351 (2004)Cite this article

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During the sequence of aftershock activity of the 2003 Tokachi-Oki earthquake, anomalous events predominant in low-frequency components occurred very close to a subducted seamount around the junction between the Kuril Trench and the Japan Trench. The low-frequency wave train in the coda part reflects the strong excitation of surface waves and the source depth is considered to be very shallow. The focal mechanism of the low-frequency event is a type of the reverse fault. Considering with the source depth and the mechanism, the low-frequency event might have occurred on the plate boundary as a dynamic process of the tectonic erosion by the subducted seamount.

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    Kazushige Obara, Yoshikatsu Haryu, Yoshihiro Ito & Katsuhiko Shiomi

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Obara, K., Haryu, Y., Ito, Y. et al. Low frequency events occurred during the sequence of aftershock activity of the 2003 Tokachi-Oki earthquake; a dynamic process of the tectonic erosion by subducted seamount. Earth Planet Sp 56, 347–351 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03353063

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