> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://smousavi05.gitbook.io/mlseismology/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://smousavi05.gitbook.io/mlseismology/seismological-tasks/source-mechanism.md).

# Earthquake Source Mechanism

The mechanism or type of slip at the rupture source of an earthquake. 

### **Used ML Approaches:**

* Artificial Neural Networks

### **Used Neural Networks:**

* CNN
* 'FC

### Used Learning Procedures:

* Supervised Learning
* Unsupervised Learning

### References:

1. Kuang, W., Yuan, C., & Zhang, J. (2021). Real-time determination of earthquake focal mechanism via deep learning. Nature communications, 12(1), 1-8.
2. Steinberg, A., Vasyura-Bathke, H., Gaebler, P., Ohrnberger, M., & Ceranna, L. (2021). Estimation of seismic moment tensors using variational inference machine learning. Earth and Space Science Open Archive ESSOAr.
3. Zhang, H., Innanen, K. A., & Eaton, D. W. (2021). Inversion for Shear‐Tensile Focal Mechanisms Using an Unsupervised Physics‐Guided Neural Network. Seismological Research Letters.