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TAKEMURA, Shunsuke Associate Professor Earthquake Research Institute Office: ERI building #1-606 E-mail: HP:
Research Field Seismology, monitoring, seismic wave propagation in the heterogeneous Earth Current Research Based on waveform analysis of observed seismograms and numerical simulations of seismic wave propagation, I study various seismic phenomena, especially in subduction zones. Research topics are: (A) modeling of seismic wave propagation in the heterogeneous Earth, (B) developments of methods for estimating source kinematics for earthquakes, (C) monitoring of earthquake and volcanic activity, and (D) spatiotemporal analysis of constructed earthquake catalogs. Recently, I have been focusing on understanding shallow, slow earthquake activity along the Nankai Trough, which occurs at depths of 10 km or less. Although slow earthquake regions along the Japan Trench are considered barriers against the rupture of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, the role of shallow, slow earthquake regions during megathrust earthquakes remains an open question. I am also working on developing methods for monitoring seismic and volcanic activity far from coastlines, where seismic stations are sparsely deployed. Representative Publications 1. Takemura, S., Kubota, T., & Sandanbata, O. (2024). Successive tsunamigenic events near Sofu Seamount inferred from high-frequency teleseismic P and regional T waves. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129, e2024JB029746. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JB029746 2. Takemura, S., Hamada, Y., Okuda, H., Okada, Y., Okubo, K., Akuhara, T., Noda, A., & Tonegawa, T. (2023). A review of shallow slow earthquakes along the Nankai Trough. Earth Planets Space 75, 164. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-023-01920-6 3. Takemura, S., Matsuzawa, T., Noda, A., Tonegawa, T., Asano, Y., Kimura, T., & Shiomi, K. (2019). Structural characteristics of the Nankai Trough shallow plate boundary inferred from shallow very low frequency earthquakes. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 4192–4201. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082448

TAKEMURA, Shunsuke

Associate Professor
Earthquake Research Institute

Office: ERI building #1-606
E-mail:
HP:

Research Field

Seismology, monitoring, seismic wave propagation in the heterogeneous Earth

Current Research

Based on waveform analysis of observed seismograms and numerical simulations of seismic wave propagation, I study various seismic phenomena, especially in subduction zones. Research topics are: (A) modeling of seismic wave propagation in the heterogeneous Earth, (B) developments of methods for estimating source kinematics for earthquakes, (C) monitoring of earthquake and volcanic activity, and (D) spatiotemporal analysis of constructed earthquake catalogs. Recently, I have been focusing on understanding shallow, slow earthquake activity along the Nankai Trough, which occurs at depths of 10 km or less. Although slow earthquake regions along the Japan Trench are considered barriers against the rupture of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, the role of shallow, slow earthquake regions during megathrust earthquakes remains an open question.
I am also working on developing methods for monitoring seismic and volcanic activity far from coastlines, where seismic stations are sparsely deployed.

Representative Publications

1. Takemura, S., Kubota, T., & Sandanbata, O. (2024). Successive tsunamigenic events near Sofu Seamount inferred from high-frequency teleseismic P and regional T waves. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 129, e2024JB029746. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JB029746
2. Takemura, S., Hamada, Y., Okuda, H., Okada, Y., Okubo, K., Akuhara, T., Noda, A., & Tonegawa, T. (2023). A review of shallow slow earthquakes along the Nankai Trough. Earth Planets Space 75, 164. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-023-01920-6
3. Takemura, S., Matsuzawa, T., Noda, A., Tonegawa, T., Asano, Y., Kimura, T., & Shiomi, K. (2019). Structural characteristics of the Nankai Trough shallow plate boundary inferred from shallow very low frequency earthquakes. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 4192–4201. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082448