Summary of seismology component of the course

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Summary of seismology component of the course

• Sources
• Waves
• Location
• Magnitude/Intensity
• Focal mechanisms
• Other topics

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Sources

• source models
• Double couple forces
• Moment tensors

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Waves

• Notation (teleseisms)
• P, S mantle phases
• K outer core P wave
• I,(J) inner core P and S
• c reflection from the outer core
• pP, sP reflections from the earth surface near
  the source
• (Lower case reflection)
• PKP P wave in mantle, outer core, mantle
• PcP Mantle phase reflected from the outer core

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Waves

• Notation (local)
• Pg
• Pn
• P
• Near field / Far field

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Location

• General principles
• Station corrections
• depth control

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Magnitude and Intensity

• Mw, Mwp, ML, Mb, etc.
• Intensity scales

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Focal Mechanisms
Fault Plane Solutions of Earthquakes, Northeast
India
Kayal et al., 2006
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Other topics

• Hazards and damaging effects,
• prediction and forecasting,
• instruments, networks, arrays, etc.