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Deformation of the 2020-2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake Sequence Revealed by Combined Analysis of Multiple GNSS Observation Networks in Central Japan

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Since November 30, 2020, an intense earthquake swarm and transient deformation have been continuously observed in the Noto Peninsula, central Japan, which is a non-volcanic/geothermal area far from major plate boundaries. During the earthquake sequence, M_w6.2 and M_w7.5 earthquakes occurred on May 5, 2023, and January 1, 2024, respectively. We report the transient and coseismic deformation based on a combined analysis of multiple Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) observation networks, including one operated by SoftBank Corp., relocated earthquake hypocenters, and tectonic settings. The start of the transient deformation coincides with a burst-type activity of small earthquakes in late 2020. A total displacement pattern in the first two years shows horizontal inflation and uplift of up to ~60 mm around the source of the earthquake swarm. The coseismic horizontal and vertical displacements of the M_w7.5 earthquake reached ~2 m westward motion and uplift along the northern coast. The postseismic displacement for the first month shows horizontal displacement directed toward the source area and the differences between co- and post-seismic displacements are a gentle spatial decay of horizontal displacement from the source area and subsidence in and around the source area during the postseismic period. Based on the observation, we suggest that fluid with a few 10⁷ m³ of volumetric increase was upwelled to mid crust, and that the fluid spread at a depth of ~16 km through an existing shallow-dipping permeable fault zone. Then it diffused into the fault zone, triggering a long-lasting aseismic slip below the seismogenic depth. The aseismic slip further triggered intense earthquake swarms including the M_w7.5 earthquakes at the updip.

Acknowledgments: The SoftBank's GNSS observation data used in this study was provided by SoftBank Corp. and ALES Corp. through the framework of the "Consortium to utilize the SoftBank original reference sites for Earth and Space Science". We are also grateful to GSI for providing us with GNSS data.

Session: The 2024 Magnitude 7.5 Earthquake and the Associated Earthquake Swarm Beneath the Noto Peninsula, Central Japan - II

Type: Oral

Date: 5/3/2024

Presentation Time: 10:45 AM (local time)

Presenting Author: Takuya

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