摘要
Ruichang-Yangxin earthquake is another moderate-size earthquake in the Yangxin-Jiujiang area since the M5. 7 Jiujiang-Ruichang earthquake in 2005. In order to have a better understanding of the seismic activities in this area,we investigate the moment tensor solution and the seismogenic structure of Ruichang-Yangxin earthquake. Precise earthquake relocation shows that the main shock occurred on the southwestern part of the NE-trending fault and aftershocks are distributed along both NNE and NW directions. By comprehensive analysis of the earthquake distribution,isoseismal features,focal mechanism,and regional structure characteristics,it is inferred that the this earthquake is caused by the southern segment of the NNE-trending Tanlu Fault( TLF) . In addition,it has close relationship with the conjugated NW-trending fault as well.