EGU26-4734, updated on 13 Mar 2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-4734
EGU General Assembly 2026
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Poster | Thursday, 07 May, 16:15–18:00 (CEST), Display time Thursday, 07 May, 14:00–18:00
 
Hall X1, X1.84
Spatiotemporal Characteristics of Tectonic Tremor in California
Satoshi Ide1 and Weifan Lu1,2
Satoshi Ide and Weifan Lu
  • 1University of Tokyo, Earth and Planetary Science, Tokyo, Japan (ide@eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
  • 2ISTerre, Université Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, IRD, Univer-sité Gustave Eiffel, Grenoble, France

California, as a transform plate boundary, provides a distinctive tectonic setting and an ideal natural laboratory for investigating tectonic tremor and the slow deformation associated with plate motion. By analyzing continuous seismic records across multiple stations with the envelope correlation method, we identified ∼66,000 tremor events from 2000 to 2024. These events exhibit waveform characteristics consistent with tectonic tremors observed elsewhere. Beyond the previously documented central section of the San Andreas fault, we identify several new tremor clusters, primarily concentrated near the Mendocino Triple Junction and within the Big Bend segment. Our results suggest that tremor events near the Mendocino Triple Junction may mark the southern edge of the Cascadia subduction zone, while tremor events in the Big Bend region, located within the rupture zone of the 1857 M7.9 Fort Tejon earthquake, could have implications for regional seismic hazard.

How to cite: Ide, S. and Lu, W.: Spatiotemporal Characteristics of Tectonic Tremor in California, EGU General Assembly 2026, Vienna, Austria, 3–8 May 2026, EGU26-4734, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu26-4734, 2026.