Odhad detekční schopnosti stanice VRAC s ohledem na seismické jevy registrované v letech 2011 až 2021

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Title in English Estimation of detection capability of the VRAC station in respect to seismic events recorded in the years 2011 to 2021
Authors

HAVÍŘ Josef

Year of publication 2022
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Geologické výzkumy na Moravě a ve Slezsku
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Science

Citation
Web https://journals.muni.cz/gvms/article/view/20824/28261
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/GVMS2022-20824
Keywords seismic monitoring; induced seismic events; natural seismicity; detection capability; station VRAC
Description Broadband seismic station VRAC (Vranov u Brna), operated by Institute of physics of the Earth (Masaryk University) is involved in various projects focused on monitoring of the seismic events. Above all, its involvement in the global seismic network of the International Monitoring System CTBTO (Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization) is very important. The VRAC station is also one of the permanent broadband stations of the Czech Regional Seismic Network. Thus, the data of the VRAC station is routinely processed in respect to detection of the seismic events situated in various epicentral distances, from local, through regional to teleseismic. This article aims to briefly show a simple estimation of the detection capability of the VRAC station with respect to seismic events from various epicentral distances. Discussed estimation of the detection capability was based on study of the magnitude-frequency relations. For this purpose, the set of seismic events recorded by the VRAC station in the years 2011-2021 was used. This set included 52246 seismic events, 33161 being regional events situated up to epicentral distance of 2000 km from the VRAC station. In the framework of the magnitude-frequency analysis, two parameters were determined for each subset containing events from the particular range of epicentral distances: the most frequent magnitude Ma and magnitude Mm in the minimum of the derived non-log magnitude-frequency function. The value of Mm shows well the point where the roll-off effect occurs on the classical magnitude-frequency graph. The graphs of both observed values (Ma and Mm) show steep increase at regional distances, followed by a flat part of the curve at epicentral distances of 20° to 80°. Low detection capability zones in the distances corresponding to seismic shadows zones connected both with the zone of decreased seismic velocities in the deep parts of the Earth (outer core) and in the asthenosphere are distinctly noticeable. Results of the study allow to estimate the detection threshold of the VRAC station between the magnitude value 4.5 to 4.9 in the case of epicentral distances from 20° to 80°.
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