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Aftershock study and seismotectonic implications of the 8 March 2010 Kovancılar (Elazığ, Turkey) earthquake (M W = 6.1)
Author(s) -
Tan Onur,
Pabuçcu Zümer,
Tapırdamaz M. Cengiz,
İnan Sedat,
Ergintav Semih,
Eyidoğan Haluk,
Aksoy Ercan,
Kuluöztürk Fatih
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2011gl047702
Subject(s) - aftershock , seismology , geology , fault (geology)
A destructive earthquake (M w = 6.1) occurred on the northeast end of the Palu segment of the East Anatolian Fault System (EAFS, eastern Turkey) on 8 March 2010. The spatial distribution of aftershocks suggests that the Palu segment does not terminate to the east of Palu town but extends in the N50°E direction where it has produced a 30 km right stepover. Aftershock depths indicate a seismogenic brittle zone of about 15 km depth. The stress changes on the segments due to recorded events might have loaded more than 0.5 bars of stress on the NE end of the Palu segment and the SW end of the Göynük segment. Therefore, a future earthquake on both segments may occur sooner than was expected before the occurrence of the M w 6.1 earthquake on 8 March 2010.