In this paper,according to the Fujian Seismic Network earthquake catalog records,the T now method and the Four Stations Continuous Location method( hereinafter called FSCL)put forward by Jin Xing are inspected by using P-wave arrival information of the first four stations of each seismic event. Results show that for earthquakes within the network,both methods can obtain similar location results and location deviations are small for the majority of the events. For earthquakes outside the network,the location deviation may be amplified as the epicentral distance increases,owing to the seismic station distribution which spread toward the side of the epicenter and the small opening angle between seismic stations used for locating and epicenter. For the FSCL method,the impacts of the wave velocity on the location results may be significant for earthquakes outside the network.Thus,selecting a velocity model which is similar to the actual structure of the wave velocity will contribute to improving location results of earthquakes. The FSCL method can locate more seismic events than the T now method. It concludes that the T now method makes use of mistake information from some non-triggering stations in earthquake catalog,and some P-wave arrivals are not included in the earthquake catalog due to discontinuous records or unclear records of the seismic phase,which induces incorrect location.
Li JunJin XingZhang HongcaiWei YongxiangGuan Yumei
