Advances in the Study of Explosive Earthquakes

Dear Colleagues,

The causes of earthquakes are very complex, and their prediction is tough. Earthquakes are broadly categorized into tectonic and non-tectonic earthquakes. Non-tectonic earthquakes are also divided according to several different theories (including artificial earthquakes, reservoir earthquakes, collapse earthquakes, fluid earthquakes, nuclear explosion earthquakes, volcanic earthquakes, hidden explosion earthquakes, etc.), of which explosion earthquakes (hidden explosion earthquakes) are the most destructive. Explosive earthquakes are related to magmatic activity and belong to the category of hot earthquakes. Compared with hot earthquakes, tectonic earthquakes are cold earthquakes. The theory of explosive earthquakes holds that in the history of the Earth, which is the history of continuous heat dissipation, earthquakes are a special way for the Earth to dissipate heat. An explosive earthquake is defined as an earthquake that is caused by a gas explosion deep underground (excluding oil and gas explosions, gas explosions, and nuclear explosions), and hidden explosive breccia is evidence of an explosive earthquake. According to statistics, over 80% of shallow earthquakes worldwide are classified as explosive earthquakes.

The Special Issue aims to bring together research on theories and examples related to blast earthquakes as well as on issues of earthquake prediction, early warning, and earthquake prevention and mitigation.

Prof. Dr. Qi Zhang
Dr. Jie Yuan
Prof. Dr. Jianjin Cao
Guest Editors

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