Discrete Scaling in Earthquake Precursory Phenomena: Evidence in the Kobe Earthquake, Japan
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— We analyze the ion concentrations of groundwater issuing from deep wells located near the epicenter of the recent earthquake of magnitude 6.9 near Kobe, Japan, on January 17, 1995. These concentrations are well fitted by log-periodic modulations around a leading power law. The exponent (real and imaginary parts) is very close to those already found for the fits of precursory seismic activity for Loma Prieta and the Aleutian Islands. This brings further support for the general hypothesis that complex critical exponents are a general phenomenon in irreversible self-organizing systems and particularly in rupture and earthquake phenomena. Résumé. — Nous analysons les fluctuations de concentrations ioniques de l’eau issue de puits profonds situés à proximité de l’épicentre du récent tremblement de terre de magnitude 6.9 proche de Kobe au Japon, le 17 janvier 1995. Ces fluctuations sont bien reproduites par des modulations log-périodiques autour d’une loi de puissance. Les parties réelle et imaginaire de l’exposant sont très proches de celles trouvées précédemment pour les tremblements de terre de Loma Prieta et des Iles Aléoutiennes. Ces résultats renforcent l’hypothèse que des exposants critiques complexes sont une propriété générale des phénomènes de croissance irréversible, et en particulier des problèmes de rupture et des tremblements de terre.
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We analyze the ion concentrations of groundwater issuing from deep wells located near the epicenter of the recent earthquake of magnitude 6:9 near Kobe, Japan, on January 17, 1995. These concentrations are well tted by log-periodic modulations around a leading power law. The exponent (real and imaginary parts) is very close to those already found for the ts of precursory seismic activity for Lo...
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تاریخ انتشار 1996