Abstract
AbstractThe eastern Nankai Trough is a unique site where many shallow, very low frequency earthquakes (sVLFEs) are recorded by nearby broadband ocean bottom seismometers. Here, we estimated the locations and seismic moment tensors (MTs) of sVLFEs based on the low‐frequency (<0.07 Hz) components of the records. Although some sVLFEs exhibited long‐duration signals (>100 s), indicating a degree of source complexity, the MT inversions were limited to events with impulsive and short durations (20–30 s). Nevertheless, cluster analysis confirmed that the MTs of impulsive sVLFEs reasonably represented the overall deformation for an event group including many longer‐duration events. The distribution of MTs indicates that deformations associated with sVLFEs are influenced by a subducted oceanic ridge in this region, which produces an along‐the‐trough variation in a strain accumulation/release pattern and probably controls the spatial patterns of tsunami generation.
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