
Accurate P-wave first-motion-polarity (FMP) information can contribute to solving earthquake focal mechanisms, especially for small earthquakes, to which waveform-based methods are generally inapplicable due to the computationally expensive high-frequency waveform simulations and inaccurate velocity models. In this paper, we propose a deep-learning-based method for the automatic determination of the FMPs, named “DiTingMotion”. DiTingMotion was trained with the P-wave FMP labels from the “DiTing” and SCSN-FMP datasets, and it achieved ∼97.8% accuracy on both datasets. The model maintains ∼83% accuracy on data labeled as “Emergent”, of which the FMP labels are challenging to identify for seismic analysts. Integrated with HASH, we developed a workflow for automated focal mechanism inversion using the FMPs identified by DiTingMotion and applied it to the 2019 M 6.4 Ridgecrest earthquake sequence for performance evaluation. In this case, DiTingMotion yields comparable focal mechanism results to that using manually determined FMPs by SCSN on the same data. The results proved that the DiTingMotion has a good generalization ability and broad application prospect in rapid earthquake focal mechanism inversion.
machine learning, focal mechanism, HASH, Science, Q, deep learning, DiTing, first motion polarity
machine learning, focal mechanism, HASH, Science, Q, deep learning, DiTing, first motion polarity
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