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Table 3 Parameters of SMGA for the 2010 Jiashian and 2016 Meinong Earthquakes determined by the Strong Ground Motion Simulation, respectively

From: Source and strong-motion characteristics of two M > 6 buried earthquakes in southwest Taiwan

 

N

C

Rupture starting pointa/depth

Lb (km)

Wc (km)

Vr (km/s)

τd (s)

Se (km2)

SMGA (km2)

\(\Delta {\sigma }_{\mathrm{SMGA}}\)f (MPa)

2010

Jiashian

4

4.43

(3.4)/22.6 km

2.8

2.8

2.81

0.32

1287g

7.84

26.2

2016

Meinong

6

1.62

(1.3)/15.0 km

6.0

4.2

2.75

0.66

891h

25.2

17.0

  1. a Rupture starting point defined as initiation number of N along the strike and dip, respectively; b Length; c Width of the SMGA; d Rise time for the target event; e Total rupture area estimated from different studies according to Somerville et al. (1999); f Stress drop of the SMGA. The rupture models were adopted from, g Lee et al. (2013); h Lee et al. (2016)