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A Study of Hypocentral Depth of Pohang Earthquake

포항 지진의 진원 깊이 연구

  • Chung, Tae Woong (Department of Energy & Mineral Resources Engineering, Sejong University) ;
  • Lee, Youngmin (Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)) ;
  • Iqbal, Muhammad Zafar (Department of Energy & Mineral Resources Engineering, Sejong University) ;
  • Jeong, Jina (School of Earth System Sciences, College of Natural Science, Kyungpook National University)
  • Received : 2018.03.06
  • Accepted : 2018.05.08
  • Published : 2018.05.31
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Abstract

2017 Pohang earthquake (M 5.4) was more disastrous than 2016 Gyeongju earthquake (M 5.8), partly because of its shallow focal depth. However, precise focal depth of Pohang earthquake is still controversial. Close crustal model showed 6 ~ 11.5 km in relocation depth, whereas other models showed almost surface range. Geothermal study indicated temperature of $300^{\circ}C$ at depth of 7.5 km. Related with observations of seismogenic layer, the focal depth of Pohang earthquake seems to be 7 km depth as obtained by close model.

2017년 11월 15일 포항지진(규모 5.4)은 깊이효과로 경주지진(규모 5.8) 보다 피해가 더 컸으나, 정확한 깊이가 확증되지 않고 있다. 진원 깊이를 진원재결정을 통하여 역산한 결과, 대부분의 모델의 진원 깊이가 얕은 표층으로 도출된 반면, 지각구조가 가장 근접한 모델은 6.0 ~ 11.5 km 구간의 깊이로 산출되었다. 지온분석에서는 7.5 km 근방에서 $300^{\circ}C$의 온도가 관찰되어 지진유발층의 사례에 입각한 포항지진의 진원은 근접한 모델로 얻어진 7 km 근방인 것으로 추정되어진다.

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