著者

Yamazaki K. Teraishi M. Komatsu S. Sonoda Y. Kano Y.

出版者

European Geosciences Union

雑誌

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science (ISSN:15618633)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.11, no.9, pp.2655-2661, 2011-09

被引用文献数

6

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The Shinmoe-dake volcano in southwest Japan, which produced its first major eruption in 52 yr on 26 January 2011 but had been quiescent since 1 March, re-erupted on 13 March. It was only two days after the occurrence of the M = 9.0 Tohoku-oki earthquake in eastern Japan. The coincidence of the two events raises the question of whether the earthquake triggered the volcanic activity. As a provisional but rapid assessment of this question, we examined high-resolution strain data at a site located 18 km from Shinmoe-dake. In terms of the Tohoku-oki earthquake, three points can be drawn from the strain data: (1) static strain changes were less than 0.05 × 10[−6], which is too small to trigger an eruption; (2) the amplitudes of dynamic strain changes are on the order of 10[−6], which may trigger seismicity or volcanic eruption; and (3) strain rates were not accelerated, which indicates no significant change in magma pressure. Comparing these results with reports of other eruptions coincident with seismic events, and considering a scenario in which a seismic event triggered an eruption, we tentatively conclude that the eruption on 13 March was not a triggered event. However, this conclusion may be revised after analyzing seismic data.