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Focal mechanisms of 70 events of the January 1997 earthquake swarm were analysed using the Gephart and Forsyth method to determine the state of stress in the West Bohemia/Vogtland region and to reveal possible stress variations during the swarm activity. The method was applied to the whole set of 70 focal mechanisms and to several subsets distinguishing magnitudes of events and the spatial and temporal distribution of the swarm. The three representative stress models A (σ 1 ,A: 0/45 (az/dip), σ 2 A: 134/35, σ 3 A: 243/25), B (σ 1 ,B: 162/38, σ 2 B: 263/14, σ 3 B: 10/49), and C (σ 1 C: 135/30, σ 2 C: 1/50, σ 3 C: 239/23) which could characterise the state of stress in the region were found. Model C can be considered to be the most probable stress model because of its consistency with the European stress field. The results of the stress analysis applied to the individual subsets of focal mechanisms indicate that the state of stress was more uniform during the first phase of the swarm.
To distinguish between the fault plane and the auxiliary plane of fault plane solutions a statistical approach was used. The results showed that the fault planes striking NW-SE and dipping 45° to NE were activated during the swarm.
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Slancová, A., Horálek, J. Analysis of State of Stress During The 1997 Earthquake Swarm In Western Bohemia. Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica 44, 272–291 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022171027896
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