Testing Dynamic Earthquake Rupture Models Generated With Stochastic Stress Drop
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
In this study we investigate the performance of rupture dynamics modeling using heterogenous stress for a M6.5 crustal earthquake on a strike slip vertical fault. In our simulations we used heterogenous stress drop models with correlated stochastic perturbations following the work of Pitarka et al. (2009). The stress model with multiscale variability is designed to accommodate high-stress drop asperity areas and small-scale spatial stress variations. The stress drop and size of asperities are estimated following the IM2011 (Irikura and Miyake, 2011) recipe. In our spontaneous rupture modeling we use a linear slip weakening friction law, with depth depend strength excess, dynamic stress drop and slip weakening distance Dc. Our strategy in preparing the model parameters with vertical and lateral variability is in agreement with observations of earthquake rupture that have confirmed the existence of a shallow weak rupture zone consisting of ductile crustal material, located in the upper 4 km of the crust, and brittle seismogenic zone, underlying the weak zone. The primary objective of our study is to develop a procedure for preparing dynamic rupture models with multiscale variability, and validate spontaneous rupture modeling of strike-slip faults by comparing the resulting rupture kinematics and near-fault ground motion with empirical models for this type of rupture.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); Ohsaki Research Institute
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344
- OSTI ID:
- 1490953
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-TR-763323; 953084
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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