• ISSN 2097-1893
  • CN 10-1855/P

几种地震目录可视化方法简述

A brief overview of several earthquake catalog visualization methods

  • 摘要: 在地学中,地震学家们为了可视化地震目录数据中地震震级、频次等随着震中位置的变化关系以及地震震级随着发震时间的演变问题等,往往采用二维/三维散点图、M-T图等表达方式挖掘地震信息. 随着地震监测能力的不断提高,地震目录的完成程度也在逐年提高,传统的可视化方式在同时表征多个变量关联信息方面逐渐表现得单一化;而且对于大规模的地震目录数据而言,还有分辨率有限而带来的图元间互相遮挡等问题. 这不仅不能有效挖掘大规模地震目录数据背后隐藏的知识,甚至还可能传达出错误的视觉信息. 基于此,本文提出了四种不同的地震目录数据的可视化方法;可高效表征大规模地震目录数据的震级、频次、发震时间、震中位置等之间的相互关系,给出了一种新的可视化参考方案. 本文运用“中国地震科学实验场”2009年至2021年1.0级以上共七万多条地震目录数据对比验证了该系列方法和散点图、M-T图等传统的可视化方法之间的优势,所得的结果较好地解决了上述问题,对大规模地震目录数据的可视化有一定的参考意义.

     

    Abstract: Earthquake catalogs are crucial data for seismic hazard analysis and serve as essential information for studying lithospheric dynamics. They play a significant role in national economic development, earthquake analysis and forecasting, engineering seismic resistance, and earthquake disaster reduction. In geoscience, seismologists often utilize two-dimensional and three-dimensional scatter plots, magnitude-time (M-T) diagrams, and other visualization methods to explore relationships such as earthquake magnitude and frequency variations with epicenter locations, as well as the evolution of earthquake magnitude over time. With the continuous enhancement of seismic monitoring capabilities, the completeness of earthquake catalogs has been improving annually. However, traditional visualization methods are becoming increasingly inadequate for simultaneously representing associations among multiple variables. Moreover, for large-scale earthquake catalog data, issues like limited resolution leading to overlapping graphical elements can arise. This not only hampers the effective extraction of hidden knowledge from large-scale earthquake catalog data but may also convey misleading visual information. To address these challenges, this study proposes four distinct visualization methods for earthquake catalog data. These methods simultaneously encode information on earthquake magnitude and frequency variations with epicenter locations, occurrence times, and other variables, employing high-dimensional and multi-visual channel fusion techniques for comprehensive visualization. They efficiently represent the interrelationships among magnitude, frequency, occurrence time, and epicenter location in large-scale earthquake catalog data, providing a new reference for earthquake catalog visualization. Applying this approach, the study compares and validates these methods against traditional visualization techniques such as scatter plots and M-T diagrams using over 70000 earthquake catalog entries from the China Seismic Experimental Site between 2009 and 2021. The results effectively resolve the aforementioned issues and offer valuable insights into the visualization of large-scale earthquake catalog data. This contributes to a comprehensive understanding of the spatiotemporal distribution patterns of earthquake events, elucidates the underlying physical processes of earthquakes, and supports experts in researching, forecasting earthquakes, and improving seismic engineering design. The findings indicate that the Sichuan-Yunnan region exhibits high seismic activity and hazard levels, primarily concentrated near fault zones such as the Longmenshan Fault Zone. Areas like Tengchong also demonstrate elevated seismic activity, warranting attention to these regions characterized by high frequency but moderate magnitude earthquakes.

     

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