Very Long-term Post-seismic Gravity Changes due to the 2004
Sumatra-Andaman Earthquake Detected by GRACE + GRACE-FO satellites
Abstract
Long-term post-seismic gravity change (PGC) of the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman
earthquake (Mw9.1-9.3) detected by GRACE + GRACE-FO is modeled
sufficiently by an exponential function until the 2012 Indian-Ocean
earthquake (Mw8.8) but gravity increasing became constant after that. An
interpretation is PGC of the 2004 earthquake was almost completed in
2012 and that of the 2012 earthquake proceeded constantly. Assuming
this, I calculate their spatial distributions. PGC of the 2012
earthquake was expanded along the faults of the 2004 earthquake and the
peaks of PCGs of the two earthquakes appeared at a same location. This
suggests another interpretation, namely, PGC of the 2004 earthquake has
another long-term component expected by Burgers rheology and PGC of the
2012 earthquake is slight. Spatial distributions of PGC on this
assumption support this interpretation. This is the first result showing
Burgers rheology is appropriate to consider the viscosity of upper
mantle based only on satellite gravimetry.