Focal mechanism of the August 18th 2012 Mw6.3 Palu-Koro earthquake and its implication of seismic hazard
The Palu-Koro fault is a left-lateral strike-slip fault in Sulawesi within the active triple junction generated by the ongoing fast convergence of the Pacific-Philippine plate, the Indo-Australian plate and the Sunda plate. There are densely populated areas that are susceptible to earthquakes occur...
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| author | Khairina, Fadiah Chen, Weiwen Wei, Shengji Suardi, Iman |
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| description | The Palu-Koro fault is a left-lateral strike-slip fault in Sulawesi within the active triple junction generated by the ongoing fast convergence of the Pacific-Philippine plate, the Indo-Australian plate and the Sunda plate. There are densely populated areas that are susceptible to earthquakes occur along the fault, and the August 18th 2012, Mw6.3 earthquake is one of such events. To better understand this earthquake and the seismic hazard in the region, we estimated source parameters of this earthquake using the Cut and Paste (CAP) inversion method with regional broadband waveform data. Our results show that the best solution of this event is 339°, 71°, −16° and 11 km for strike, dip, rake and centroid depth, respectively. Inversions using stations within different distance ranges, i.e. 0-5, 0-10° and 0-20°, reveal consistent solutions, suggesting the robustness of our result, which is also in agreement with that from the other agencies, i.e. USGS and Global CMT. We further verify the centroid depth by modeling the depth phases recorded at the teleseismic distance, which also confirm the depth of 11km. Finally we analyzed the Coulomb stress caused by this earthquake and historical events to investigate the interaction between the earthquakes in the region. Our analysis also shows that the unclamping effect from the 1996 Mw7.9 megathrust in the Minahassa Trench promoted the occurrence of the 2012 Mw6.3 event. High slip-rate across the fault and Coulomb stress analysis suggest that more attention should be paid to the segments along the Palu-Koro fault that did not rupture in the previous earthquake circle. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/890812020-09-26T21:27:07Z Focal mechanism of the August 18th 2012 Mw6.3 Palu-Koro earthquake and its implication of seismic hazard Khairina, Fadiah Chen, Weiwen Wei, Shengji Suardi, Iman International Symposium on Earth Hazard and Disaster Mitigation (ISEDM) 2016 Earth Observatory of Singapore Focal Mechanism Unclamping Effect DRNTU::Science::Geology The Palu-Koro fault is a left-lateral strike-slip fault in Sulawesi within the active triple junction generated by the ongoing fast convergence of the Pacific-Philippine plate, the Indo-Australian plate and the Sunda plate. There are densely populated areas that are susceptible to earthquakes occur along the fault, and the August 18th 2012, Mw6.3 earthquake is one of such events. To better understand this earthquake and the seismic hazard in the region, we estimated source parameters of this earthquake using the Cut and Paste (CAP) inversion method with regional broadband waveform data. Our results show that the best solution of this event is 339°, 71°, −16° and 11 km for strike, dip, rake and centroid depth, respectively. Inversions using stations within different distance ranges, i.e. 0-5, 0-10° and 0-20°, reveal consistent solutions, suggesting the robustness of our result, which is also in agreement with that from the other agencies, i.e. USGS and Global CMT. We further verify the centroid depth by modeling the depth phases recorded at the teleseismic distance, which also confirm the depth of 11km. Finally we analyzed the Coulomb stress caused by this earthquake and historical events to investigate the interaction between the earthquakes in the region. Our analysis also shows that the unclamping effect from the 1996 Mw7.9 megathrust in the Minahassa Trench promoted the occurrence of the 2012 Mw6.3 event. High slip-rate across the fault and Coulomb stress analysis suggest that more attention should be paid to the segments along the Palu-Koro fault that did not rupture in the previous earthquake circle. Published version 2018-09-19T04:41:20Z 2019-12-06T17:17:25Z 2018-09-19T04:41:20Z 2019-12-06T17:17:25Z 2017 Journal Article Khairina, F., Chen, W., Wei, S., & Suardi, I. (2017). Focal mechanism of the August 18th 2012 Mw6.3 Palu-Koro earthquake and its implication of seismic hazard. AIP Conference Proceedings, 1857, 050003-. doi:10.1063/1.4987081 0094-243X https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89081 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/46026 10.1063/1.4987081 en AIP Conference Proceedings © 2017 The Author(s) (Published by AIP). This paper was published in AIP Conference Proceedings and is made available as an electronic reprint (preprint) with permission of the author(s) (published by AIP). The published version is available at: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4987081]. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic or multiple reproduction, distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law. 7 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | Focal Mechanism Unclamping Effect DRNTU::Science::Geology Khairina, Fadiah Chen, Weiwen Wei, Shengji Suardi, Iman Focal mechanism of the August 18th 2012 Mw6.3 Palu-Koro earthquake and its implication of seismic hazard |
| title | Focal mechanism of the August 18th 2012 Mw6.3 Palu-Koro earthquake and its implication of seismic hazard |
| title_full | Focal mechanism of the August 18th 2012 Mw6.3 Palu-Koro earthquake and its implication of seismic hazard |
| title_fullStr | Focal mechanism of the August 18th 2012 Mw6.3 Palu-Koro earthquake and its implication of seismic hazard |
| title_full_unstemmed | Focal mechanism of the August 18th 2012 Mw6.3 Palu-Koro earthquake and its implication of seismic hazard |
| title_short | Focal mechanism of the August 18th 2012 Mw6.3 Palu-Koro earthquake and its implication of seismic hazard |
| title_sort | focal mechanism of the august 18th 2012 mw6 3 palu koro earthquake and its implication of seismic hazard |
| topic | Focal Mechanism Unclamping Effect DRNTU::Science::Geology |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89081 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/46026 |
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