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IUGG XXIV General Assembly July 2-13, 2007 Perugia, Italy<br />

(S) - <strong>IASPEI</strong> - International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's<br />

Interior<br />

JSS008 Poster presentation 2015<br />

Electric and magnetic field variations due to the seismic dynamo effect<br />

associated with blasting<br />

Prof. Yoshimori Honkura<br />

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Tokyo Institute of Technology IAGA<br />

Shintaro Nagaoka, Yasuo Ogawa<br />

Electric and magnetic (EM) field variations are observed during seismic-wave passage at the<br />

observations site, if the ground motion is sufficiently strong. We have proposed the mechanism of<br />

generation of these EM fields as the seismic dynamo effect. So far we have demonstrated some<br />

examples obtained in association with earthquakes, such as the 1999 Izmit earthquake and its<br />

aftershocks, but well-controlled blasting provides us with a more suitable case for the generation of EM<br />

fields due to the seismic dynamo effect. In October, 2006, a seismic reflection and refraction<br />

experiment was carried out in the central part of Japan by the volcano research group, and we set up<br />

two MT observation systems about a few hundred meters away from one of the blasting points; one in<br />

the west and the other in the south. We could successfully observe EM field variations, as expected.<br />

One signal was simultaneous with the blasting time, suggesting that it reflects the electric current used<br />

for triggering the blasting. Variations following this signal are due to the seismic dynamo effect. The<br />

results of this observation indicate that EM field variations seem to have started before the arrival of<br />

seismic wave.<br />

Keywords: electric, seismic, blasting

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