Evidences that epicenter of ‘Taishan earthquake’ was located in Anqiu area of Tanlu fault zone
ZHANG Banghua1, TIAN Hongshui2, YANG Chuancheng3, ZHANG Shenhe2
1 College of Surveying & Geoinformatics, Shandong Jianzhu University,Jinan 250101, China; 2 School of Civil Engineering, Shandong Jianzhu University, Jinan 250101, China; 3 Earthquake Engineering Research Center of Shandong Province, Jinan 250014, China
Abstract：The‘Taishan earthquake’ named after Mount Taishan,occurred in 1831 BC,which was the earliest historical earthquake recorded by writing-materials in China. Bamboo Annals recorded that the strong earthquake occurred,when the emperor named “Fa” was climbing the Mount Taishan in the seventh year of Xia Di Fa(i.e.1831 BC). The earthquake shocked the emperor at that time,so for the first time,it was written and named after Mount Taishan. Apparently,the geographical position that the emperor “Fa” was threatened by the earthquake was at the hillside of the Mount Taishan. However,seismic geologists have been unable to find any seismic-geological records or traces of the historical earthquake in the Taishan area and its surroundings. Therefore,the epicenter and magnitude of the “Taishan earthquake” have been a mystery. By reobserving the discovered seismo-geological remains,combined with a series of tests,experiments and analysis,the paper provides evidences that the “Taishan earthquake” was a strong and historical earthquake with its epicenter located in the Anqiu area within the Tanlu fault zone. First of all,in the Holocene soft soil layers of limnetic facies in the Anqiu-Xiazhuang Basin of the Tanlu fault zone about 200 km away from Mount Taishan,there are macroscopical seismic traces such as seismic-subsidence synclines and co-seismic micro-faults,which recorded epicenter-intensity for degree of IX ,seismic magnitude for M7.0. Second,by means of the results of dating14C isotope,combining with calculating the sedimention time of the related soil layer,the earthquake time(i.e.1827 BC)obtained is very close to 1831 BC. Third,based on seismic intensity attenuation model in North China,the attenuation intensity induced by the earthquake is calculated to the degree of VI near Taishan. The Chinese earthquake intensity table shows that the VI intensity completely makes people stand unstable or escape outdoors,which accords with the historical records that the mountaineering emperor was frightened by the earthquake.
ZHANG Banghua,TIAN Hongshui,YANG Chuancheng et al. Evidences that epicenter of ‘Taishan earthquake’ was located in Anqiu area of Tanlu fault zone[J]. JOPC, 2024, 26(3): 714-724.
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