SOME OBSERVATIONS OF WEAK JAPANESE EARTHQUAKES AT THE MONTANA LASA

Abstract

Data on small local earthquakes were obtained from a tripartite located on the island of Honshu, Japan. Epicenters and origin times were computed from the data but local magnitudes could not be determined. LASA beams were formed at and around the computed epicenters to determine if the event could be detected on the array. From the original population of about 150 events, only 28 could be detected or were marginal. The LASA epicenters were obtained by beamsplitting and were found to be consistent with the theoretical location errors expected for beams steered to Japan. Although the total number of events visible at LASA were small, it was consistent with a beam detection threshold of 3.5 for beams steered to Japan.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 08, 1968
Accession Number
AD0665122

Entities

People

  • E. J. Kelly
  • H. W. Briscoe
  • R. M. Sheppard

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Accuracy
  • Algorithms
  • Arrays
  • Department Of Defense
  • Detection
  • Earth Sciences
  • Earthquakes
  • Epicenters
  • Errors
  • Grids
  • Intervals
  • Longitude
  • Measurement
  • Seismic Arrays
  • Standards
  • Travel Time

Fields of Study

  • Physics

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  • Astronomy/Astrophysics
  • Structural Dynamics.
  • Urban Planning and Geography.