Based on the earthquake catalogue provided by Guangxi Seismic Network and the b value analysis program based on grid search compiled by Institute of Geophysics,China Earthquake Administration,this paper makes a spatial-temporal analysis of b value in Guangxi and its adjacent areas. The results show that there are two regions with significant changes of b value in study area,namely,the region with significant decrease of bvalue in the central and western part of Guangxi and the region with significant increase of b value at the junction of Guangdong and Guangxi, and the Jingxi M5.2 earthquake in 2019 and the Beiliu M5.2 earthquake in 2019 occurred in the two regions respectively. The time variation of b value in these two regions is calculated:Under the background of long-term b value decline in the central and western regions of Guangxi, the b value rises significantly in about one year before the earthquake and then decreases rapidly, followed by the Jingxi 5.2 earthquake. Based on the similar bvalue analysis results of the Wenchuan M8.0 earthquake in 2008 and the Tohoku M9.0 earthquake in 2001, it is considered that the variation characteristics of bvalue has significant precursory significance. The Beiliu M5.2 earthquake occurred in the junction area of Guangdong and Guangxi in October 2019, and the rising trend of b value was unchanged before and after the earthquake. Combining with the analysis of underground velocity structure,it is considered that the Beiliu earthquake has obvious seismogenic characteristics of solid body,which is the cause of the abnormal rise of bvalue..
图1 2008年以来广西及邻区M4级以上地震分布Fig.1 Distribution of earthquakes withM≥4 in Guangxi and its adjacent areas since 2008
图2 2008年1月至2022年3月广西及邻区地震震级-频度(G-R)关系Fig.2 The G-R relationship between magnitude and frequency of earthquakes in Guangxi and its adjacent areas from January 2008 to March 2022
图4 2008-01—2022-03广西及邻区b值空间分布和时间变化情况Fig.4 Spatial distribution and temporal variation of bvalue in Guangxi and its adjacent areas from January 2008 to March 2022