Three-dimensional resistivity structure of the epicenter area of the 1997 Kagoshima earthquake doublet, Japan

Matsunaga, Keita*; Aizawa, Koki*; Asamori, Koichi; Ogawa, Hiroki*; Utsugi, Mitsuru*; Yoshimura, Ryokei*; Yamazaki, Kenichi*; Uchida, Kazunari*; Yamaguchi, Masahiro*; Inoue, Tomohiro*; Okuda, Yuta*; Yonemori, Kohei*; Shigematsu, Hiromichi*; Sunagawa, Hiromi*

We utilized broadband magneto-telluric (MT) data to analyze the 3-D resistivity structure around the epicenters of the 1997 Kagoshima earthquake doublet, Japan. We reanalyzed previous MT data and further obtained additional MT data. Our findings reveal low-resistivity zones near the eastern and western edges of the aftershock region at depths of 5-10 km. The hypocenters of the M6 earthquakes are located near the edge of the low-resistivity zones. A distinct high-resistivity zone is sandwiched between two low-resistivity zones at depths of 0-3 km, corresponding to the distribution of a granodiorite body. The slip distribution of the March M6 earthquake is located beneath this shallow granodiorite body and is sandwiched by the low-resistivity zones.