Applications of seismic moment tensor inversion in fast response to earthquakes

Using the technique of seismic moment tensor inversion, the source mechanisms of 10 earthquakes with M s ≥5,2 that occurred in China from November 1996 to January 1998 were determined rapidly. The determined results were sent as “Bulletins of Source Mechanism Parameters of Earthquakes” to the Seismic Regime Guards’ Office, China Seismological Bureau, and the relevant provincial seismological bureaus. These bulletins have played role in the fast response to large earthquakes.