• Journal of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea
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• v.5 no.5
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• pp.57-61
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• 2001

This study introduces an algorithm for determination of hypocentral parameters using phase analysis and two-point ray tracing to enhance accuracy and stability of computations. When the magnitude of earthquake is relatively small(usually $m_{b}$<3.2), the PmP phase which looks like the first arrival phase may be observed without observing the Pn phase. In this case, the hypocentral parameters calculated by the existing method using the first arrival of P and S phases and by the method developed in this study using PmP and SmS phases show large differences. The computational results of determination of hypocentral parameters for actual earthquake events show that this method gives much smaller rms errors than the existing methods do.o.

• Proceedings of the Earthquake Engineering Society of Korea Conference
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• 2000.10a
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• pp.57-65
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• 2000

파형분석과 두 점을 잇는 파선추적은 진원요소 결정의 정확성을 향상시키는 주요한 요인이다. 본 연구에서는 3성분 지진기록의 직선형도(rectilinearity) 함수와 방향성(directionality)함수를 사용하여 파형분석한 결과와 두 점을 잇는 파선추적을 기존의 진원요소결정 프로그램에 적용하여 진원요소 결정의 정확성을 증가시켰다. 지진의 규모가 작을 때 Pn이 보이지 않고 PmP가 초동파로 기록된 것처럼 보인다. 이러한 지진에서는 주어진 진앙거리에서 최소 주행시간이 걸리는 P파와 S파의 초동파만 사용한 기존의 진원요소 결정 방법과 본 연구에서 PmP와 SmS를 사용한 결과는 매우 큰 차이를 보인다.

• The Journal of Engineering Geology
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• v.5 no.1
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• pp.59-74
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• 1995

It is well known that the hypocentral parameters inside the seismic array are well determined using HYPO71PC Programs. These programs, however, do not woik well for the non-evenly distribution of the seismic stations and/or the seismic events outside the seismic array. Furthermore it is very difficult to determine the exact locations of small events in North Korea since there is no seismological data exchange between South and North Koreas. We used the polarization method of the single-station with 3-component in addition to HYPO71PC(IASPEI's Program) in order to determine the source parameters of shallow-focus earthquakes outside the seismic array. First of all, we tested the interior events of the Uisung earthquake, April 14, 1991 and the Mt. Keyryong earthquakes, Feorirary 12, 1994, and two exterior events of W. Pyoungyang earthquake, Noventer 12, 1992, and Yellow Sea earthquake, July 26, 1994 to investigate the convergence and divergence to calculate the source parameters. We have found that the source determination outside the seismic array never converges to the exact location whereas the any events inside the array quickly converge to the exact location. The seismic events outside the array such as two events Vladivostok and East Sea, and the Yellow Sea event are more accurately determined using the polarization method. Estimating the source azimuth is carried out by estimating the polarization direction of the interesting phases and the range estimate is made frum the relative timing of different phases. The polarization method is verified by fmding that the estimates of azimuths and incidence angles by the polarization method are identical with those of the synthetic seismograms of the modellings using the generator program.