Preliminary Result of the Mar 11, 2011 Mw 9.1 Honshu Earthquake

Guangfu Shao, Xiangyu Li, Chen Ji, UCSB

Takahiro Maeda, NIED


Please cite the following paper if you are going to use the results in this webpage:

Shao, G., X. Li, C. Ji. and T. Maeda, Focal mechanism and slip history of 2011 Mw 9.1 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku earthquake, constrained with teleseismic body and surface waves, Earth Planets Space, Vol. 63 (No. 7), pp. 559-564, 2011 [PDF]


Preliminary model I (March 11)

Preliminary model I is constrained by teleseismic data from global GSN seismic stations with USGS hypocenter location.

Preliminary model I' (updated model for the Model I) (April 9)

Preliminary model I' is constrained by teleseismic data from global GSN seismic stations with USGS hypocenter location.

Model I' is only an update for the Model I, but not an update of our preferred slip model. We used the same setup as the Model I, but increased the maximum slip limit from 40 m in the Model I to 60 m in the Model I'. It is NOT a preferred slip model.

Preliminary model II (March 13)

Preliminary model II is constrained by teleseismic data from global seismic stations with JMA hypocenter location.

Preliminary model III (March 14)

Preliminary model III is constrained by teleseismic data from global seismic stations with JMA hypocenter location.

The alignments of body and surface waves have been calibrated using the Mar. 9, 2011 Mw 7.5 Honshu Earthquake.


Model I

Model I'

Model II

Model III