• DocumentCode
    126215
  • Title

    Studies of VLF signal anomalies due to earthquake

  • Author

    Chakrabarti, Sandip K. ; Sasmal, Sudipta ; Ray, Sambaran ; Das, Biswajit

  • Author_Institution
    S.N. Bose Nat. Centre for Basic Sci., Kolkata, India
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    16-23 Aug. 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    We present evidences of anomalous VLF signals which we interpret to be precursors of seismic activities. These anomalies could be in VLF day lengths, or in D-layer preparation times, D-layer disappearance times, or, night time fluctuations. We made many case by case studies of major earthquakes and found that the anomalies occur 1-5 days before seismic events. We also made statistical analysis of several earthquakes together and came to same conclusions. Furthermore, we present results from several VLF receivers for a single earthquake and show that the result depends on the proximity of the propagation path to the epicenter.
  • Keywords
    earthquakes; radio receivers; radiowave propagation; seismology; statistical analysis; D-layer disappearance times; D-layer preparation times; VLF day lengths; VLF receivers; VLF signal anomalies; epicenter; major earthquakes; night time fluctuations; propagation path; seismic activities; seismic events; single earthquake; statistical analysis; Earth; Earthquakes; Hazards; Ionosphere; Physics; Receivers; Transmitters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    General Assembly and Scientific Symposium (URSI GASS), 2014 XXXIth URSI
  • Conference_Location
    Beijing
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/URSIGASS.2014.6929580
  • Filename
    6929580