Abstract
Electromagnetic wave propagation from electric currents within the Earth's crust is investigated using a three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) full-vector Maxwell's equations model of the global Earth-ionosphere cavity. The FDTD model employed extends from km below sea level to an altitude of km, and can account for arbitrary horizontal as well as vertical geometrical and electrical inhomogeneities and anisotropies of the ionosphere, lithosphere, and oceans. Using this model, the surface horizontal magnetic field is calculated for different depths and orientations of an electric current occurring below the epicenter of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Results show that the alignment and depth of the electric current within the Earth's crust yields significant differences for the calculated surface magnetic field time-waveforms and spectra. Further, it is found that EM wave phenomena measured at the Earth's surface due to electric currents buried in the Earth's crust will only have significant spectra below 1 Hz.
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