Relocation and Genetic Analysis of Earthquakes in the West of Xietan Area of Three Gorges Reservoir

136 earthquakes, taking place in the west of Xietan area, recorded by portable stations deployed in the Three Georges reservoir area were relocated using the double difference algorithm. The relocations show that the root-mean-square deviations of the relocations in the directions of E-W, N-S and U-D are 0.38km, 0. 33km and 0. 98km, respectively. The earthquakes in clasolite area with focal depths of about 4km -5km take on linear distributions from the shallow to deep parts. These earthquakes were deduced to be reservoir-induced earthquakes of fault fracture type. In contrast, the earthquakes in limestone pavement with the focal depths about 2km-3km take on slightly divergent distributions and have the characteristics of reservoir-induced earthquakes of the karst collapse type.