Cao Ying, Wunier, Zulikaer Aizezi, Bolaxiake Hanati, MaoYu-jian, Li Jiao
                        	
							
							
							
								
                            	
                            
                            
							
	                         	
	                         	
	                         	
	                         	
	                         	
	                         	
	                         	
	  							
	                         
							
								Using the seismic phase observation report of Xinjiang Seismic Network, the double-difference positioning method was used to accurately locate and analyze 555 seismic events of the earthquake swarm from April 2017 to August 2024, and finally 520 high-precision positioning results were obtained. The P-wave first motion method is used to invert the focal mechanism solution of ML≥2.0 earthquakes. Combined with the regional seismic tectonic background, it is found that the earthquake swarm is elliptically distributed on the surface projection, oblique to the Kewu fault, and the long axis is NW-SE. The depth distribution is mainly concentrated in the range of 9~13 km. The dominant strikes of the two sets of conjugate nodal planes of the focal mechanism solution are NW and NE, and most of the earthquakes in the swarm are mainly strike-slip. According to the precise location of the earthquake swarm, the results of the focal mechanism solution and the regional geological structure characteristics of the study area, it is considered that the Kewu fault, which is dominated by reverse fault slip, is not the seismogenic fault of the earthquake swarm. Affected by the compressive and torsional deformation of the Indosinian and Yanshan periods, the Kewu fault earthquake swarm develops multiple secondary faults. The earthquake swarm may be controlled by the NW and NE strike-slip secondary faults. These secondary faults are developed in the front edge of the Kewu fault and obliquely intersect with the Kewu fault, which may have the characteristics of small scale and high density, so that the earthquake swarm is distributed in a plane shape.