Analysis of M 5.3 Sumbawa, Indonesia earthquake 2020 and its aftershocks based on hypocenter relocation from BMKG seismic stations

The 2020 Sumbawa earthquake of moderate magnitude (M 5.3) produced very significant aftershocks. Based on the computation of Utsu’s method, those aftershocks would be ended after the 20th day. Those earthquakes along 20 days were relocated using double-difference method. The relocation results show the southwest-northeast orientation and getting deeper into the northwest direction. Those two directions show the strike and the dip from the fault plane of the earthquake which was consistent with the focal mechanism released by the Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics (BMKG). Those results showed the majority of earthquakes occurred at a depth of shallower than 20 km. Those earthquake depths were fit with the previous study showing the crustal thickness beneath Sumbawa Island that was about 28 km. We also found that those earthquakes occurred at splay faults propagating to decollement structure. This study is beneficial for earthquake disaster mitigation especially in updating active faults on Sumbawa Island.

Analysis of Hypocenter Relocation by Using Double Difference Method in a Deep Underground Mining

Hypocenter relocation is one of the keys to success in the analysis of seismicity induction in underground mines. Overburden thickness, topography, geological complexity, and mining activities can result in newly induced seismicity that can endanger the safety of underground mine workers. The relatively narrow underground mine area requires the most accurate hypocenter location information possible. The double-difference algorithm approach is one of the keys to overcoming this problem. The double-difference method is a relative location method that tries to minimize the residuals between the observed and calculated travel time differences for pairs of microseismic events at each station, by adjusting the differences between all pairs of events at each station repeatedly. In this study, we utilized microseismic measurement data in the deepest underground mine in Indonesia. A total of 1783 seismic events were successfully relocated. The relocation results show the rock mass stress which is illustrated by the distribution of events around the cave, especially the abutment area and underground mining tunnels.

Analysis of the Mw 6.5 Ambon Earthquake (September 26, 2019) based on the aftershocks hypocenter relocation

On September 26, 2019, an earthquake (Mw 6.5) occurred in the northern part of Ambon Island, Molucca, East Indonesia. The National Authority show this earthquake caused infrastructures damage and 28 fatalities. Up to October 31, 2019, the Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics (BMKG) seismic network had recorded 479 aftershock events. We have relocated 463 out of the 479 aftershocks using the double-difference method. Our results show that some improvements in the hypocenter locations, where the focal depths of initial earthquakes fixed at 10 km have been updated to ~9.8 km depth on average. There are two aftershock clusters in a North-South direction of ~35 km length between Ambon Island and Haruku Island and in a West-East direction of ~30 km length in the Ambon Island, each with a width of ~8 km.

Bridging the Gap between Seismicity and Exhumed Faults: Insights from a Seismically Active Strike-Slip Fault Zone in the Rawil Depression (Northern Valais, Switzerland)

<p>The Rawil depression north of the Rhone Simplon fault zone (southwestern Swiss Alps) was host of the Mw = 5.8 Sion earthquake in 1946 (Fäh et al., 2011). It is nowadays one of the seismically most active regions in Switzerland and seismicity forms a cluster, which is elongated approximately in WSW-ENE direction over 40-50 km. In November 2019, a remarkable earthquake sequence occurred within the center of this cluster north of the village of Anzère, with more than 300 earthquakes up to ML = 3.3 recorded by the Swiss Seismological Service within 20 days.</p><p>Detecting associated full-scale 3D fault patterns solely based on earthquake hypocenters is challenging because of commonly too limited spatial resolution and insufficient number of seismic events. Within the framework of SeismoTeCH, we aim to improve these limitations by a combination of high-precision hypocenter relocation techniques, reconstruction of subsurface fault patterns and correlative links between surface and subsurface data. Assuming that a fault is seismically active multiple times and that the seismic stress-release is initiated at different locations along the fault, we can calculate 3D fault plane orientations from the hypocenter locations. Together with the 17 focal mechanisms derived for the Anzère sequence, we are able to gain geometrical and kinematic information of the seismic faults in 3D. Our analysis reveals a seismically active transpressional step-over structure within a dextral strike-slip fault zone. With remote sensing and field observations, we detect exhumed faults with similar orientations and kinematics that presumably represent step-over structures, interconnecting previously known strike-slip fault zones.</p><p>Although seismic activity occurs at depths between 3-5 km, we conclude that the observed surface fault systems in the Rawil depression can be correlated in terms of fault patterns with those assumed at depth. The linkage of the recent seismicity with structural observations of exhumed, potentially paleo-seismic faults in combination with recent hypocenter relocation techniques therefore have great potential to provide further insights into fault linkage and earthquake rupturing processes.</p><p> </p><p><strong>References</strong></p><p>Fäh, D., Giardini, D., Kästli, P., Deichmann, N., Gisler, M., Schwarz-Zanetti, G., Alvarez-Rubio, S., Sellami, S., Edwards, B., Allmann, B., Bethmann, F., Wössner, J., Gassner-Stamm, G., Fritsche, S., Eberhard, D., 2011. ECOS-09 Earthquake Catalogue of Switzerland Release 2011. Report and Database. Public catalogue, 17.4.2011. Swiss Seismological Service ETH Zürich, Report SED/RISK/R/001/20110417.</p>

Seismisitas di Wilayah Jawa Tengah dan Sekitarnya Berdasarkan Hasil Relokasi Hiposenter dari Empat Jaringan Seismik Menggunakan Model Kecepatan 3-D

ABSTRAK Relokasi hiposenter merupakan suatu metode yang digunakan untuk mendapatkan parameter-parameter gempa yang presisi. Parameter-parameter tersebut digunakan untuk studi tektonik lanjut seperti seismic hazard assessment pada suatu area. Penggunan model kecepatan 3-D secara teori akan memberikan hasil yang lebih baik dibandingkan dengan model 1-D karena model kecepatan di bawah permukaan bumi lebih mendekati model 3-D. Sebanyak 767 event gempa yang direkam oleh jaringan seismik DOMERAPI, MERAMEX, BMKG, dan BPPTKG digunakan pada penelitian ini. Gempa-gempa tersebut direlokasi dengan model kecepatan 3-D dan dianalisis untuk studi seismotektonik di wilayah Jawa Tengah dan sekitarnya. Hasil relokasi hiposenter menggunakan model kecepatan 3-D berhasil mendeteksi sejumlah fitur tektonik secara lebih jelas seperti struktur kolom yang berkaitan dengan Struktur backthrust di selatan Kebumen. Penampang vertikal arah barat-timur yang melewati Sesar Opak mengindikasikan arah dip bidang sesarnya ke arah timur. Zona seismik ganda yang terdeteksi pada studi sebelumnya tidak bisa teridentifikasi dengan baik pada studi ini. Sejumlah gempa volcano-tectonic (VT) berkaitan dengan aktivitas magma dangkal Gunung Merapi terdeteksi juga dengan jelas pada studi ini.ABSTRACT Hypocenter relocation is a method used to get precise earthquake parameters. They will be useful for an advanced tectonic study like seismic hazard assessment in an area. The hypocenter relocation using a 3-D velocity model will theoretically obtain better results than a 1-D velocity model because the earth subsurface model is closed with a 3-D model. Some 767 earthquakes recorded by DOMERAPI, MERAMEX, BMKG, and BPPTKG networks used in this research. They were relocated by using a 3-D velocity model and analyzed for seismotectonic study in Central Java area and its surroundings. The result of hypocenter relocation using a 3-D velocity model is successfully detecting some tectonic features more clearly like columnar structure related to the backthrust structure at the south of Kebumen. The west-east vertical cross-section crossing the Opak fault indicates the dip of the fault plane is directing to the east. This study could not identify the double seismic zone, which was detected by the previous research. Some volcano-tectonic (VT) earthquakes related to the shallow magma activity of Mount Merapi also are detected clearly in this study.

RELOKASI HIPOSENTER GEMPABUMI MENGGUNAKAN METODE MODIFIED JOINT HYPOCENTER DETERMINATION (MJHD) UNTUK ANALISIS ZONA SUBDUKSI SUMATERA BAGIAN SELATAN

The part of south Sumatera is very vulnerable region in case of earthquake disaster caused by convergent boundary of two tectonic plates Indo-Australian Plates and Eurasian Plates. Precise hypocenter analysis is needed to understand about the accurate tectonic setting such as subduction zone in the area. Hypocenter relocation is used to recalculate earthquake hypocenter to become more accurate. To produce a more accurate hyposenter this hyposenter relocation is done by using the method of Modified Joint Hypocenter Determination (MJHD). Relocation using the Modified Joint Hypocenter Determination (MJHD) method uses IASP91 wave velocity which assumes that the inner structures are heterogeneous. In this study, used data P-wave and S-wave arrival time in the period January 2010 s.d December 2016 with coordinates -3.5º s.d -9º LS - 99º s.d 106.5º BT. The results of the relocation using MJHD showed a change of earthquake hypocenter shown by RMS (Root Mean Square) value ranging from 0.2 s.d 0.5. There are three subduction of the part in south sumatra. The subduction zone formed in Bengkulu is about 26.78º, the subduction zone of Lampung is around 30.225º and the subduction of the Sunda Strait is about 52.53º. Subduction zone of Bengkulu at depth of 250 km, Lampung and Sunda Strait at depth 400 km.