The precise observations of local earthquakes were carried out in Wakayama District, for the purpose of studying the crustal structure and nature of local shocks.
As a result of these observations, the travel-time anomalies were detected, and the time-distance curves were separable into two groups which seemed to be related with the directions of initial motion of shocks recorded at their respective stations. The cause of the travel-time anomalies may safely be regarded as being attributed to the focal conditions and mechanism of earthquake occurrence.
With regard to the structure of the crust in the district concerned under the assumption of horizontal parallel layers, the velocities in the surface layer, second, and third layers were estimated to be 4.3, 5.4-5.6 and 6.0km/sec for the P-waves and 2.5, 3.2 and 3.4km/sec for the S-waves, and the thickness of surface layer about 4km, respectively.
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