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The instantaneous change of the declination component of the geomagnetic field reached about 1.7\u2033, much exceeding the threshold of three-fold error (0.72\u2033). Considering the direction information of the geomagnetic data, the horizontal magnetic disturbance vector was further analyzed, which manifested the normal of the horizontal magnetic disturbance vector passing through the position of the EQL. Combined with the experimental results of pressure-simulated rock current (PSRC), the mechanism of the EQL and the geomagnetic anomaly was proposed to interpret the spatiotemporal correlation between the EQL and the horizontal magnetic disturbance vector, which should be a manifest of the induced magnetic horizontal vector (IMHV), attributed to the upward seismic PSRC. Different from previous precursor studies on geomagnetic disturbance on the power spectrum, vertical component, or polarization, this paper focuses on the direction information of the horizontal magnetic disturbance vector, which could be further applied to locate potential seismogenic zones based on the IMHVs observed by multiple geomagnetic stations.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs15205052","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,21]],"date-time":"2023-10-21T12:59:01Z","timestamp":1697893141000},"page":"5052","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Horizontal Magnetic Anomaly Accompanying the Co-Seismic Earthquake Light of the M7.3 Fukushima Earthquake of 16 March 2022: Phenomenon and Mechanism"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4293-1631","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Busheng","family":"Xie","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China"},{"name":"Laboratory of Geo-Hazards Perception, Cognition and Predication, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5860-3371","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lixin","family":"Wu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China"},{"name":"Laboratory of Geo-Hazards Perception, Cognition and Predication, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China"}]},{"given":"Wenfei","family":"Mao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China"},{"name":"Laboratory of Geo-Hazards Perception, Cognition and Predication, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China"}]},{"given":"Ziqing","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China"},{"name":"Laboratory of Geo-Hazards Perception, Cognition and Predication, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China"}]},{"given":"Licheng","family":"Sun","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China"},{"name":"Laboratory of Geo-Hazards Perception, Cognition and Predication, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China"}]},{"given":"Youyou","family":"Xu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Geosciences and Info-Physics, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China"},{"name":"Laboratory of Geo-Hazards Perception, Cognition and Predication, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,10,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1747","DOI":"10.5194\/nhess-12-1747-2012","article-title":"Magnetic storm free ULF analysis in relation with earthquakes in Taiwan","volume":"12","author":"Wen","year":"2012","journal-title":"Nat. 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