Detailed Information on Publication Record

ANAGNOSTOPOULOS, G., Ioannis SPYROGLOU, A. RIGAS, P. PREKA-PAPADEMA, H. MAVROMICHALAKI and I. KIOSSES. The sun as a significant agent provoking earthquakes. EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL-SPECIAL TOPICS. 2021, vol. 230, No 1, p. 287-333. ISSN 1951-6355. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2020-000266-2.

Other formats: BibTeX LaTeX RIS

TY  - JOUR
ID  - 1852570
AU  - Anagnostopoulos, G. - Spyroglou, Ioannis - Rigas, A. - Preka-Papadema, P. - Mavromichalaki, H. - Kiosses, I.
PY  - 2021
TI  - The sun as a significant agent provoking earthquakes
JF  - EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL-SPECIAL TOPICS
VL  - 230
IS  - 1
SP  - 287-333
EP  - 287-333
SN  - 19516355
KW  - SOLAR-WIND STREAMSBELT ELECTRON-PRECIPITATIONMAGNETIC-FIELD MEASUREMENTSCHI-CHI EARTHQUAKEGEOMAGNETIC-ACTIVITYCORONAL HOLESINTERPLANETARYSTORMSDISTURBANCESDEMETER
UR  - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjst/e2020-000266-2
N2  - In this paper we provide significant evidence that the sun is a principal agent provoking seismic activity. In particular the aim of the studies presented is to examine the possible relation of the coronal hole (CH) driven high speed solar wind streams (HSSs) with seismicity We performed several statistical studies of solar space and seismological data between 1980 and 2017 as well as a study for a long time interval from the year 1900 until the year 2017. (A1) Concerning the period 1980-2017 among other results we found that the earthquakes (EQs) with M >= 83 between 2010-2017 (including the catastrophic earthquakes of Japan 2011 (M91) Sumatra 2012 (M86) and Chile 2015 (M83)) occurred during times of large coronal holes as seen by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) satellite and were related with CH-driven HSSs observed by the ACE spacecraft several weeks or a few months before the EQ occurrences. (A2) Further research on the hypothesis of the possible HSS-EQ relationship revealed a surprising novel finding: a power spectrum analysis suggests that during the decay phase of the SCC22 and SC23 and at the maximum of SC23 the values of the global seismic (M >= 6) energy output shows a periodic variation of similar to 27 days, which is the mean rotational period of the Sun. (A3) Moderate (not strong) storms in general precede the great EQs. (B) The study of the data for the time interval 1900-2017 revealed that: (1) all of the giant (M >= 85) EQs occurred during the decay minimum and the rising phase of the solar cycle or in the maximum phase but at times of a strong reduction of the monthly averaged sunspot number: Chile M95 1960 EQ - Alaska M92 1964 EQ - Sumatra M91 2004 EQ (decay phase) Japan M91 2011 EQ (rising phase of the "strange" SC24) (2) the global energy release of all EQs with magnitudes M >= 55 show the highest values during the decay phase of the solar cycle and in particular three years after the solar maximum and (3) a very significant negative correlation (r(S) = -042p < 10(-4)) was found between the SSN and the number of earthquakes with M >= 7 during the period 1930-2010 during times of moderate and high amplitude solar cycles. (C) Another result of our study is that the comparison of the yearly numbers of great (M >= 7) EQs with the SSN fails to provide correct statistical results whereas this is possible for the global seismic energy or the giant EQs. (D) Finally we infer that the case and statistical studies presented in this paper strongly suggest a close relation between CH-associated HSSs and seismic activity. We present some observational evidence that most probably Alfven waves mediate the interaction of CH-driven HSSs with seismicity.
ER  -

Basic information
Original name	The sun as a significant agent provoking earthquakes
Authors	ANAGNOSTOPOULOS, G., Ioannis SPYROGLOU (300 Greece, guarantor, belonging to the institution), A. RIGAS, P. PREKA-PAPADEMA, H. MAVROMICHALAKI and I. KIOSSES.
Edition	EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL-SPECIAL TOPICS, 2021, 1951-6355.

Other information
Original language	English
Type of outcome	Article in a journal
Field of Study	10300 1.3 Physical sciences
Country of publisher	Germany
Confidentiality degree	is not subject to a state or trade secret
WWW	URL
Impact factor	Impact factor: 2.891
RIV identification code	RIV/00216224:14740/21:00124575
Organization unit	Central European Institute of Technology
Doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1140/epjst/e2020-000266-2
UT WoS	000609483400015
Keywords in English	SOLAR-WIND STREAMSBELT ELECTRON-PRECIPITATIONMAGNETIC-FIELD MEASUREMENTSCHI-CHI EARTHQUAKEGEOMAGNETIC-ACTIVITYCORONAL HOLESINTERPLANETARYSTORMSDISTURBANCESDEMETER
Tags	rivok
Tags	International impact, Reviewed
Changed by	Changed by: Mgr. Pavla Foltynová, Ph.D., učo 106624. Changed: 18/5/2022 15:22.

Abstract
In this paper we provide significant evidence that the sun is a principal agent provoking seismic activity. In particular the aim of the studies presented is to examine the possible relation of the coronal hole (CH) driven high speed solar wind streams (HSSs) with seismicity We performed several statistical studies of solar space and seismological data between 1980 and 2017 as well as a study for a long time interval from the year 1900 until the year 2017. (A1) Concerning the period 1980-2017 among other results we found that the earthquakes (EQs) with M >= 83 between 2010-2017 (including the catastrophic earthquakes of Japan 2011 (M91) Sumatra 2012 (M86) and Chile 2015 (M83)) occurred during times of large coronal holes as seen by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) satellite and were related with CH-driven HSSs observed by the ACE spacecraft several weeks or a few months before the EQ occurrences. (A2) Further research on the hypothesis of the possible HSS-EQ relationship revealed a surprising novel finding: a power spectrum analysis suggests that during the decay phase of the SCC22 and SC23 and at the maximum of SC23 the values of the global seismic (M >= 6) energy output shows a periodic variation of similar to 27 days, which is the mean rotational period of the Sun. (A3) Moderate (not strong) storms in general precede the great EQs. (B) The study of the data for the time interval 1900-2017 revealed that: (1) all of the giant (M >= 85) EQs occurred during the decay minimum and the rising phase of the solar cycle or in the maximum phase but at times of a strong reduction of the monthly averaged sunspot number: Chile M95 1960 EQ - Alaska M92 1964 EQ - Sumatra M91 2004 EQ (decay phase) Japan M91 2011 EQ (rising phase of the "strange" SC24) (2) the global energy release of all EQs with magnitudes M >= 55 show the highest values during the decay phase of the solar cycle and in particular three years after the solar maximum and (3) a very significant negative correlation (r(S) = -042p < 10(-4)) was found between the SSN and the number of earthquakes with M >= 7 during the period 1930-2010 during times of moderate and high amplitude solar cycles. (C) Another result of our study is that the comparison of the yearly numbers of great (M >= 7) EQs with the SSN fails to provide correct statistical results whereas this is possible for the global seismic energy or the giant EQs. (D) Finally we infer that the case and statistical studies presented in this paper strongly suggest a close relation between CH-associated HSSs and seismic activity. We present some observational evidence that most probably Alfven waves mediate the interaction of CH-driven HSSs with seismicity.

Abstract

In this paper we provide significant evidence that the sun is a principal agent provoking seismic activity. In particular the aim of the studies presented is to examine the possible relation of the coronal hole (CH) driven high speed solar wind streams (HSSs) with seismicity We performed several statistical studies of solar space and seismological data between 1980 and 2017 as well as a study for a long time interval from the year 1900 until the year 2017. (A1) Concerning the period 1980-2017 among other results we found that the earthquakes (EQs) with M >= 83 between 2010-2017 (including the catastrophic earthquakes of Japan 2011 (M91) Sumatra 2012 (M86) and Chile 2015 (M83)) occurred during times of large coronal holes as seen by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) satellite and were related with CH-driven HSSs observed by the ACE spacecraft several weeks or a few months before the EQ occurrences. (A2) Further research on the hypothesis of the possible HSS-EQ relationship revealed a surprising novel finding: a power spectrum analysis suggests that during the decay phase of the SCC22 and SC23 and at the maximum of SC23 the values of the global seismic (M >= 6) energy output shows a periodic variation of similar to 27 days, which is the mean rotational period of the Sun. (A3) Moderate (not strong) storms in general precede the great EQs. (B) The study of the data for the time interval 1900-2017 revealed that: (1) all of the giant (M >= 85) EQs occurred during the decay minimum and the rising phase of the solar cycle or in the maximum phase but at times of a strong reduction of the monthly averaged sunspot number: Chile M95 1960 EQ - Alaska M92 1964 EQ - Sumatra M91 2004 EQ (decay phase) Japan M91 2011 EQ (rising phase of the "strange" SC24) (2) the global energy release of all EQs with magnitudes M >= 55 show the highest values during the decay phase of the solar cycle and in particular three years after the solar maximum and (3) a very significant negative correlation (r(S) = -042p < 10(-4)) was found between the SSN and the number of earthquakes with M >= 7 during the period 1930-2010 during times of moderate and high amplitude solar cycles. (C) Another result of our study is that the comparison of the yearly numbers of great (M >= 7) EQs with the SSN fails to provide correct statistical results whereas this is possible for the global seismic energy or the giant EQs. (D) Finally we infer that the case and statistical studies presented in this paper strongly suggest a close relation between CH-associated HSSs and seismic activity. We present some observational evidence that most probably Alfven waves mediate the interaction of CH-driven HSSs with seismicity.