Characteristics of Foreshocks Occurrence of Onshore Earthquakes In Japan For Mj3.0 To 7.2 Mainshocks

We use the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) earthquake catalogue from 2001 to 2021 to investigate the spatiotemporal distribution of foreshocks for shallow mainshocks (Mj3.0–7.2) that are located onshore of Japan. We find clear peaks for the earlier small earthquakes within 10 days and 3 km prior to the mainshocks, which are considered as our definition of foreshocks. After removing the aftershocks, earthquake swarms and possible earthquakes triggered by the 2011 Mw9.0 Tohoku-oki earthquake, we find that for the 2,066 independent earthquakes, 783 (37.9%) have one or more foreshocks. There is a decreasing trend of foreshock occurrence with mainshock depth. Also, normal faulting earthquakes have higher foreshock occurrence than reverse faulting earthquakes. We calculate the rates of foreshock occurrence as a function of the magnitudes of foreshocks and mainshocks, and we have found no clear trend between the magnitudes of foreshocks and mainshocks.

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