摘要
Based on Dietrich theory, it claimed that the aftershock duration is a function of remote shear stressing rate, normal stress acting on the fault plane, and fault frictional constitutive parameters ( Dieterich ) . In general, shear stressing rate could be estimated in three ways. The conclusive noting gives that, for the 1976 MS 7.8 Tangshan earthquake, the triggered aftershocks would last at least 70 years, implying that the current earthquakes which occurred in Tangshan region after the 1976 mainshock are the aftershocks of the main event.