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Article in Proof 1 Highfrequency identification of nonvolcanic tremor triggered 2 by regional earthquakes 3 Aurélie Guilhem, 1 Zhigang Peng, 2 and Robert M Nadeau 1 4 Received 10 July 2010; accepted 26 July 2010; published XX Month 2010. 5 [1] Subsequent to the discovery of ambient nonvolcanic6 tremor activity along the ParkfieldCholame section of the 7 San Andreas fault in central California, triggered tremors 8 associated with the surface waves of large teleseismic earth- 9 quakes have been recognized. However, no evidence of trig- 10 gered tremors from regional earthquakes has previously been 11 found either here or in other tremor regions. By systemati- 12 cally filtering seismograms to higher frequencies (i.e., above 13 20 Hz) associated with 99 regional M5+ earthquakes since 14 2001, we identify four regional earthquakes that have trig- 15 gered tremor in central California. Significant highfrequency 16 energy is also observed in previously identified teleseismi- 17 cally triggered and ambient tremors, suggesting a common 18 mechanism. We find that longperiod and largeamplitude 19 surface waves from both regional and teleseismic events 20 have a greater potential of triggering tremor in the same 21 region, and that the inferred minimum triggering dynamic 22 stress is 1 kPa. Citation: Guilhem, A., Z. Peng, and R. M. 23 Nadeau (2010), Highfrequency identification of nonvolcanic 24 tremor triggered by regional earthquakes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 25 37, LXXXXX, doi:10.1029/2010GL044660. 26 1. Introduction 27 [2] Since their first discovery in Japan in 2002 [Obara, 28 2002], deep nonvolcanictremors have been mainly 29 observed along subduction zones such as in the Nankai trough 30 [Shelly et al., 2006], Cascadia [Rogers and Dragert, 2003; 31 Brudzinski and Allen, 2007] and in Central America 32 [Brudzinski et al., 2010; Payero et al., 2008]. Similar con- 33 tinuous bursts of tremor activity have also been found along 34 the San Andreas Fault (SAF) transform plate boundary in 35 central California near ParkfieldCholame [Nadeau and 36 Dolenc, 2005; Nadeau and Guilhem, 2009; Shelly and 37 Hardebeck, 2010]. Recent studies of tremor in these environ- 38 ments have shown that they can be dynamically triggered 39 by the passage of the seismic waves from large earthquakes 40 at teleseismic distances (e.g., >1000 km), appearing as a 41 series of a fewsecondslong highfrequency bursts with a 42 periodicity similar to that of the surface waves [Miyazawa 43 and Mori , 2005; Miyazawa et al. , 2008; Miyazawa and 44 Brodsky, 2008; Rubinstein et al., 2007; Rubinstein et al., 45 2009; Gomberg et al., 2008; Peng et al., 2008; Peng et al., 46 2008; Peng et al., 2009]. Because both ambient and dynam- 47 ically triggered tremors occur below the seismogenic zone, 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 55 they provide important clues for understanding the funda- 56 mental processes at the deep roots of major plateboundary 57 faults [Rubinstein et al., 2010]. 58 [3] Nadeau and Guilhem [2009] showed that ambient 59 tremor activity in the ParkfieldCholame region was strongly 60 modulated for over four years by two earthquakes occurring 61 within 100 km: the 2003 Mw6.5 San Simeon and the 62 2004 Mw6.0 Parkfield events. However to date, no dynam- 63 ically triggered tremors have been observed from regional 64 earthquakes at distances between 100 and 1000 km in either 65 subduction or transform environments. Rubinstein et al. 66 [2009] explained the absence of regionally triggered tremor 67 in Cascadia by the fact that P and S coda waves from regional 68 earthquakes and local tremor share similar frequency pass- 69 band (115 Hz) and waveform characteristics (i.e., long 70 durations with no clear phase arrivals). Hence if the amplitude 71 of regional earthquake coda is above that of the local tremor, 72 the tremor signal will be masked, preventing it from being 73 identified during passage of regional event surface waves. In 74 comparison, large earthquakes have been shown to trigger 75 microearthquakes at regional distances [Hill et al., 1993; Hill 76 and Prejean, 2007]. In this case the masking effect is not 77 significant because of the impulsive arrivals and relatively 78 highfrequency content of the triggered earthquakes. In par- 79 ticular, Brodsky and Prejean [2005] conducted a systematic 80 survey of triggered earthquakes by regional and teleseismic 81 events around the Long Valley Caldera, and found that large82 amplitude longperiod surface waves have higher triggering 83 potential than the shortperiod surface waves of similar 84 amplitudes. Whether this is the case for triggered tremor 85 remains an open question. 86 [4] An effective way to separate the locally triggered 87 tremors from the coda waves of regional earthquakes is to 88 examine higher frequency bands [Peng et al., 2007], in 89 particular frequencies higher than those previously used to 90 identify teleseismically triggered tremors (i.e., 115 Hz). 91 Because highfrequency signals recorded by surface stations 92 in the ParkfieldCholame area are often limited by analog 93 telemetry issues or contaminated by nearsurface noise 94 sources, we take advantage of the high sampling rate and 95 low noise data of the borehole High Resolution Seismic 96 Network (HRSN) at Parkfield, CA and apply highfrequency 97 bandpass filters (in the range of 2050 Hz) to identify tremor 98 triggered by regional earthquakes. 99 2. Data and Method 100 [5] We search for tremors dynamically triggered by the 101 passage of seismic waves from regional earthquakes of 102 magnitude 5 or greater (based on the ANSS catalog), occur- 103 ring between July 2001 and April 2010 (coincident with the 104 updated ambient tremor catalog of Nadeau and Guilhem 1 Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA. 2 School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Copyright 2010 by the American Geophysical Union. 00948276/10/2010GL044660 GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 37, LXXXXX, doi:10.1029/2010GL044660, 2010 LXXXXX 1 of 5

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1 High‐frequency identification of non‐volcanic tremor triggered2 by regional earthquakes

3 Aurélie Guilhem,1 Zhigang Peng,2 and Robert M Nadeau1

4 Received 10 July 2010; accepted 26 July 2010; published XX Month 2010.

5 [1] Subsequent to the discovery of ambient “non‐volcanic”6 tremor activity along the Parkfield‐Cholame section of the7 San Andreas fault in central California, triggered tremors8 associated with the surface waves of large teleseismic earth-9 quakes have been recognized. However, no evidence of trig-10 gered tremors from regional earthquakes has previously been11 found either here or in other tremor regions. By systemati-12 cally filtering seismograms to higher frequencies (i.e., above13 20 Hz) associated with 99 regional M5+ earthquakes since14 2001, we identify four regional earthquakes that have trig-15 gered tremor in central California. Significant high‐frequency16 energy is also observed in previously identified teleseismi-17 cally triggered and ambient tremors, suggesting a common18 mechanism. We find that long‐period and large‐amplitude19 surface waves from both regional and teleseismic events20 have a greater potential of triggering tremor in the same21 region, and that the inferred minimum triggering dynamic22 stress is ∼1 kPa. Citation: Guilhem, A., Z. Peng, and R. M.23 Nadeau (2010), High‐frequency identification of non‐volcanic24 tremor triggered by regional earthquakes, Geophys. Res. Lett.,25 37, LXXXXX, doi:10.1029/2010GL044660.

26 1. Introduction

27 [2] Since their first discovery in Japan in 2002 [Obara,28 2002], deep “non‐volcanic” tremors have been mainly29 observed along subduction zones such as in the Nankai trough30 [Shelly et al., 2006], Cascadia [Rogers and Dragert, 2003;31 Brudzinski and Allen, 2007] and in Central America32 [Brudzinski et al., 2010; Payero et al., 2008]. Similar con-33 tinuous bursts of tremor activity have also been found along34 the San Andreas Fault (SAF) transform plate boundary in35 central California near Parkfield‐Cholame [Nadeau and36 Dolenc, 2005; Nadeau and Guilhem, 2009; Shelly and37 Hardebeck, 2010]. Recent studies of tremor in these environ-38 ments have shown that they can be dynamically triggered39 by the passage of the seismic waves from large earthquakes40 at teleseismic distances (e.g., >1000 km), appearing as a41 series of a few‐seconds‐long high‐frequency bursts with a42 periodicity similar to that of the surface waves [Miyazawa43 and Mori, 2005; Miyazawa et al., 2008; Miyazawa and44 Brodsky, 2008; Rubinstein et al., 2007; Rubinstein et al.,45 2009; Gomberg et al., 2008; Peng et al., 2008; Peng et al.,46 2008; Peng et al., 2009]. Because both ambient and dynam-47 ically triggered tremors occur below the seismogenic zone,

5555555555555555they provide important clues for understanding the funda-56mental processes at the deep roots of major plate‐boundary57faults [Rubinstein et al., 2010].58[3] Nadeau and Guilhem [2009] showed that ambient59tremor activity in the Parkfield‐Cholame region was strongly60modulated for over four years by two earthquakes occurring61within 100 km: the 2003 Mw6.5 San Simeon and the622004 Mw6.0 Parkfield events. However to date, no dynam-63ically triggered tremors have been observed from regional64earthquakes at distances between 100 and 1000 km in either65subduction or transform environments. Rubinstein et al.66[2009] explained the absence of regionally triggered tremor67in Cascadia by the fact that P and S coda waves from regional68earthquakes and local tremor share similar frequency pass-69band (1–15 Hz) and waveform characteristics (i.e., long70durations with no clear phase arrivals). Hence if the amplitude71of regional earthquake coda is above that of the local tremor,72the tremor signal will be masked, preventing it from being73identified during passage of regional event surface waves. In74comparison, large earthquakes have been shown to trigger75microearthquakes at regional distances [Hill et al., 1993; Hill76and Prejean, 2007]. In this case the masking effect is not77significant because of the impulsive arrivals and relatively78high‐frequency content of the triggered earthquakes. In par-79ticular, Brodsky and Prejean [2005] conducted a systematic80survey of triggered earthquakes by regional and teleseismic81events around the Long Valley Caldera, and found that large‐82amplitude long‐period surface waves have higher triggering83potential than the short‐period surface waves of similar84amplitudes. Whether this is the case for triggered tremor85remains an open question.86[4] An effective way to separate the locally triggered87tremors from the coda waves of regional earthquakes is to88examine higher frequency bands [Peng et al., 2007], in89particular frequencies higher than those previously used to90identify teleseismically triggered tremors (i.e., 1–15 Hz).91Because high‐frequency signals recorded by surface stations92in the Parkfield‐Cholame area are often limited by analog93telemetry issues or contaminated by near‐surface noise94sources, we take advantage of the high sampling rate and95low noise data of the borehole High Resolution Seismic96Network (HRSN) at Parkfield, CA and apply high‐frequency97band‐pass filters (in the range of 20–50 Hz) to identify tremor98triggered by regional earthquakes.

992. Data and Method

100[5] We search for tremors dynamically triggered by the101passage of seismic waves from regional earthquakes of102magnitude 5 or greater (based on the ANSS catalog), occur-103ring between July 2001 and April 2010 (coincident with the104updated ambient tremor catalog of Nadeau and Guilhem

1Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, University of California,Berkeley, California, USA.

2School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute ofTechnology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

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105 [2009]), and distributed between 100 and 1200 km from the106 broadband seismic station PKD of the Berkeley Digital107 Seismic Network (BDSN) located at Parkfield (Figure 1). A108 minimum distance of 100 km is chosen because dynamic109 stresses are expected to dominate over static stresses at such110 distances [Freed, 2005]. In addition, it is difficult to separate111 the seismic signals from the main and triggered events at112 short distances. We use a maximum distance of 1200 km to113 allow partial overlap of our events with those of previously114 studied teleseismically triggered tremor (minimum distance115 of 1000 km) occurring in the same region [Peng et al., 2009].116 A total of 99 regional earthquakes fulfilled these criteria and117 we systematically downloaded the 250 samples/s HRSN data118 for these events (Table S1 of the auxiliary material).1 We119 searched for triggered tremor within several overlapping120 frequency bands: 3–15 Hz, 15–30 Hz, and 25–40 Hz (see121 auxiliary material). In addition, we compared the filtered,122 HRSN velocity seismograms with unfiltered, instrument‐123 corrected three‐component recordings at the broadband sta-124 tion PKD, to examine the full range of low‐frequency signals125 associated with the HRSN data.126 [6] We identify triggered tremors by visually searching for127 consecutive bursts of energy in the higher frequency bands128 that are phase‐correlated with the passing surface waves.129 Out of the 99 events analyzed, we found four cases of130 tremor triggered by the following regional earthquakes: the131 15 June 2005 M7.2 Mendocino, 04 January M6.6 Baja132 California (BC), 03 August 2009 M6.9 BC, and 04 April133 2010 M7.2 BC. Figure 2 shows an example of tremor

134triggered by the 2005 Mendocino earthquake. In the higher135frequency bands the signal is composed of bursts of energy136that are periodic and coincident in time with the surface137wave train observed on the unfiltered PKD seismograms,138similar to teleseismically triggered tremor in the same139region [Peng et al., 2008; Peng et al., 2009] and elsewhere140[Miyazawa and Brodsky, 2008; Rubinstein et al., 2007;141Rubinstein et al., 2009; Peng and Chao, 2008].142[7] We located the triggered tremor sources (see auxiliary143material) by adapting the envelope based location algorithm144for ambient tremors previously applied in the same region145[Nadeau and Guilhem, 2009]. Figure 1 shows that the146triggered tremor sources are located in the general vicinity147of the Parkfield section of the SAF, close to the region148where ambient and dynamically triggered tremors [Nadeau149and Guilhem, 2009; Peng et al., 2009] as well as low‐150frequency earthquakes (LFEs) [Shelly and Hardebeck,1512010] have previously been found. The tremors triggered152by the 2005 Mendocino, 2006 and 2010 BC earthquakes153appear to be on or close to the SAF, while the tremor trig-154gered by the 2009 BC earthquake occurs at a place about15525 km NE of the SAF.

1563. Results

157[8] As shown in Figure 2, the HRSN data filtered between1583 and 15 Hz mainly show two emergent arrivals that are159close to the predicted P and S arrivals from the 2005160Mendocino mainshock, similar to those reported for regional161events in Cascadia [Rubinstein et al., 2009]. For the 04162January 2006 and 04 April 2010 earthquakes, the triggered163tremors are best observed in the 15 to 30 Hz band and for the

Figure 1. Map showing the study region along the Parkfield‐Cholame section of the San Andreas Fault and the M5+regional earthquakes distributed between 100 and 1200 km from the Berkeley broadband seismic station PKD (circles,inset). Stars show locations of the four triggered tremors and triangles show dynamically triggered tremors from teleseismicevents [Peng et al., 2009]. Ambient tremors [Nadeau and Guilhem, 2009] are light gray dots and borehole HRSN stationsare black squares. Surface stations are the open squares. Low‐frequency earthquakes (LFEs) are shown by the circles [Shellyand Hardebeck, 2010].

1Auxiliary materials are available in the HTML. doi:10.1029/2010GL044660.

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164 15 June 2005 and 03 August 2009 events in the 25 to 40 Hz165 band (Figures 2 and S1–S3). Most tremor signals occur in166 phase with the large‐amplitude, low‐frequency surface waves,167 suggesting a casual relationship between them (Figure S4).168 [9] To understand how surface waves trigger tremors,169 previous studies have examined the wave type (Rayleigh or170 Love), their amplitude, period, direction of propagation, etc.171 [Peng et al., 2009; Miyazawa et al., 2008; Rubinstein et al.,172 2009; Hill, 2008, also Surface wave potential for triggering173 tectonic (non‐volcanic) tremor, submitted to Bulletin of the174 Seismology Society of America, 2010]. The propagation175 directions of the four regional events that triggered tremors176 are close to the fault strike of the SAF, which is the optimal177 angle to produce fault‐parallel shear stresses from the Love178 waves [Peng et al., 2008; Peng et al., 2009; Hill, 2008, also

179submitted manuscript, 2010]. However, due to short prop-180agation distances, it is relatively difficult to separate the181Love and Rayleigh waves. Hence, in this study we only182focus on how the amplitudes and periods of the surface183waves affect their triggering potential.184[10] We measured the peak ground velocities (PGVs) of185the 99 regional earthquakes at the PKD station using the186unfiltered transverse (Figure 3) and vertical components187(Figure S5) after correcting for the instrumental response188(Table S1). We also included an updated result of Peng et al.189[2009] for teleseismic earthquakes to evaluate the triggering190potential of surface waves in central California. Figure 3a191shows that both regional and teleseismic events that trig-192gered tremors have among the largest PGVs recorded at193station PKD, supporting the view that large‐amplitude sur-194face waves favor tremor generation [Peng et al., 2009].195[11] To further examine the frequency dependence of196surface wave triggering potential, we applied a band‐pass197filter between 0.005 and 0.03 Hz (or 30 and 200 s) to the198transverse‐component seismograms before measuring the199PGVs (Figure 3b). The major changes after applying200the long‐period band‐pass filter are significant reductions of

Figure 2. (a) Velocity seismograms (relative scaling)recorded by the vertical (DP1) component of the boreholeHRSN and surface NCSN station PST filtered at several fre-quency bands for the tremor triggered by the 2005 Mendo-cino earthquake. Seismograms are ordered according to thealong‐strike (SAF) distance, from (top) northwest to (bottom)southeast. Time scale is given in seconds after 02:50:00 UTC,and the triggered tremor is clearest between 250 and 350 s.(b) Unfiltered, instrument‐correlated transverse (BHT) andradial (BHR) components of the broadband surface stationPKD showing the surface wave train (time scale same as inFigure 2a).

Figure 3. (a) Peak ground velocities (PGV) recorded atbroadband station PKD on the unfiltered transverse seismo-grams for regional and teleseismic (Teleseisms) earthquakes(EQs) (Table S1). Symbols for tremors triggered by regionaland teleseismic events are filled. (b) Same as Figure 3a butwith transverse components filtered between the period of30 and 200 s. Dashed line at 0.01 cm/sec marks the PGVthreshold for tremor triggering in this pass‐band.

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201 the PGVs for several moderate‐size events (i.e., magnitudes202 between 5.0 and 6.0) relatively close to the study region.203 After filtering, the range of PGVs for the 4 regional earth-204 quakes that trigger tremors is more comparable to those of the205 teleseismic earthquakes. If we use 0.01 cm/s as a threshold206 PGV to separate the triggering and non‐triggering cases at207 regional distance, the corresponding dynamic stress is 1 kPa208 (with the nominal surface wave velocity of 3.5 km/s and the209 elastic modulus of 35 GPa at depth). We note that a few210 teleseismic events do not satisfy such criteria (see auxiliary211 material), suggesting that besides frequency and amplitude,212 other factors, such as the incident angles and the background213 tremor rate, could also influence the triggering potential214 [Rubinstein et al., 2009; Hill, submitted manuscript, 2010].

215 4. Discussion and Conclusion

216 [12] In this study we identified four cases of regionally217 triggered tremor along the Parkfield‐Cholame section of the218 SAF by examining signals at frequencies above those typi-219 cally used for identifying ambient [Nadeau and Dolenc,220 2005; Nadeau and Guilhem, 2009] and triggered tremor221 [Peng et al., 2009] in the same region (i.e., above 1–15 Hz).222 The 1–15 Hz range appears sufficient for discriminating223 locally triggered tremor signals from teleseismic coda and224 surface waves, mainly due to the attenuation of 1–15 Hz225 coda energy at long propagation distances from the source226 region [Peng et al., 2009; Rubinstein et al., 2009]. However,227 separating locally triggered tremor signals from coda gener-228 ated by regional earthquakes requires examination at higher229 frequencies, where the amplitude of triggered tremor signals230 exceed the amplitude of coda signals from regional events.231 [13] To show that the high‐frequency content is not unique232 to the regionally triggered tremor alone, we examined a few233 teleseismically triggered tremors [Gomberg et al., 2008;234 Peng et al., 2008; Peng et al., 2009] and ambient tremors235 [Nadeau and Guilhem, 2009] in the Parkfield‐Cholame236 region. We found that the high‐frequency signals (25–40 Hz)237 are clearly visible for the teleseismically triggered tremor238 associated with the 2002 Mw7.9 Denali Fault and the 2008239 Mw7.9 Wenchuan earthquakes (Figures S6 and S7). Similar240 high‐frequency contents are also shown in at least some of241 the borehole stations during several long‐duration ambient242 tremor events (Figure S8), suggesting that the processes243 responsible for generating the high‐frequency signals in the244 ambient and triggered tremors could be similar (Figures S9245 and S10). The high‐frequency triggered and ambient tremor246 signals are observed on all three components from different247 types of seismic sensors and data loggers, indicating that248 they are not instrumentally generated. Furthermore, the fact249 that the local triggered tremor signals contain greater high250 frequency content than the P‐wave energy from regional251 events (Figure S4) suggests that at the tremor source con-252 siderable high‐frequency energy is generated and is not fully253 attenuated at local propagation distances. It remains unclear,254 however, whether or not the high‐frequency content of these255 SAF tremors is generated by the same shear slip process256 responsible for the generation of LFEs [e.g., Shelly et al.,257 2007], or by a related process such as damage zone micro-258 cracking associated with shear slow‐slip events (N. Brantut259 et al., Damage and rupture dynamics at the brittle/ductile260 transition: The anomalous case of gypsum, submitted to261 Journal of Geophysical Research, 2010).

262[14] We also showed that large‐amplitude (>0.01 cm/s)263and long‐period surface waves (>30 s) have a greater264potential for triggering tremor at regional and teleseismic265distances (Figures 3 and S5). These results are consistent266with those found for triggered earthquakes in the Long Valley267caldera [Brodsky and Prejean, 2005], although the amplitude268threshold in that study is slightly larger (>0.05 cm/s). Because269triggered and ambient tremor occur at sub‐seismogenic270depths (∼20–30 km), such frequency dependent effects may271be explained by increased attenuation of short‐period sur-272face waves with depth [Brodsky and Prejean, 2005] and by273differences in the mechanism of earthquakes that occur in274the shallow, brittle crust and tremors occurring in the deeper,275ductile crust. Our calculated dynamic stress change (1 kPa)276is in the same range as the 1–3 kPa inferred from tele-277leseismically triggered tremor [Peng et al., 2009], tidal278modulation of tremor [Thomas et al., 2009], and static trig-279gering of tremor by nearby moderate earthquakes [Nadeau280and Guilhem, 2009] in the same region. These results,281together with other recent studies, suggest that tremor is282very sensitive to small stress changes at depth, most likely283due to near‐lithostatic fluid pressures [Thomas et al., 2009].284Given such stress sensitivities, it is important to continue285monitoring the tremor activity in this region and elsewhere286for a better understanding of fault mechanics in the deep287crust and its relationship to large earthquake cycles.

288[15] Acknowledgments. Supported by the U.S. Geological Survey289through awards 07HQAG0014 and 08HQGR0100 and by the National290Science Foundation through award EAR‐0537641. Z.P. was supported291by the National Science Foundation through awards EAR‐0809834 and292EAR‐0956051. Seismic data are archived at the Northern California293Earthquake Data Center. Data processing was done at the University of294California’s Berkeley Seismological Laboratory. We thank David Hill,295an anonymous reviewer, Uhrhammer and Doug Dreger for their construc-296tive advises and review comments. Berkeley Seismological Laboratory297contribution 10–07.

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380A. Guilhem and R. M. Nadeau, Berkeley Seismological Laboratory,381University of California, 225 McCone Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720‐4670,382USA. ([email protected])383Z. Peng, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Georgia Institute384of Technology, 311 Ferst Dr., ES&T Building, Room 2256, Atlanta,385GA 30332‐0340, USA.

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