Abstract
A case study has been performed on the lower ionospheric perturbations as seen from the Japanese subionospheric VLF (very low frequency, 3–30 kHz) /LF (low frequency, 30–300 kHz) propagation network for a recent powerful earthquake, i.e., the Miyagi-oki earthquake on 16 August 2005 (magnitude 7.2, and depth 36 km). Different propagation paths were examined and the two paths from a transmitter with call sign of JJY ( f = 40 kHz, in Fukushima prefecture) to both receiving stations of Kamachatka, Russia and Moshiri, Hokkaido, exhibit clear signatures of ionospheric perturbations a few days before and a few days after the earthquake. We have detected a clear nighttime amplitude decrease and an enhancement in nighttime fluctuation, both exceeding the corresponding three standard deviations from the mean. We discuss other seismogenic phenomena in order to study the lithosphere–ionosphere coupling.
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