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http://dx.doi.org/10.7854/JPSK.2016.25.3.195

Research on Earthquake Occurrence Characteristics Through the Comparison of the Yangsan-ulsan Fault System and the Futagawa-Hinagu Fault System  

Lee, Jinhyun (Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environmental and Marine Sciences and Technology, Pukyong National University)
Gwon, Sehyeon (Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environmental and Marine Sciences and Technology, Pukyong National University)
Kim, Young-Seog (Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environmental and Marine Sciences and Technology, Pukyong National University)
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The Journal of the Petrological Society of Korea / v.25, no.3, 2016 , pp. 195-209 More about this Journal
Abstract
The understanding of geometric complexity of strike-slip Fault system can be an important factor to control fault reactivation and surface rupture propagation under the regional stress regime. The Kumamoto earthquake was caused by dextral reactivation of the Futagawa-Hinagu Fault system under the E-W maximum horizontal principal stress. The earthquakes are a set of earthquakes, including a foreshock earthquake with a magnitude 6.2 at the northern tip of the Hinagu Fault on April 14, 2016 and a magnitude 7.0 mainshock which generated at the intersection of the two faults on April 16, 2016. The hypocenters of the main shock and aftershocks have moved toward NE direction along the Futagawa Fault and terminated at Mt. Aso area. The intersection of the two faults has a similar configuration of ${\lambda}$-fault. The geometries and kinematics, of these faults were comparable to the Yansan-Ulsan Fault system in SE Korea. But slip rate is little different. The results of age dating show that the Quaternary faults distributed along the northern segment of the Yangsan Fault and the Ulsan Fault are younger than those along the southern segment of the Yansan Fault. This result is well consistent with the previous study with Column stress model. Thus, the seismic activity along the middle and northern segment of the Yangsan Fault and the Ulsan Fault might be relatively active compared with that of the southern segment of the Yangsan Fault. Therefore, more detailed seismic hazard and paleoseismic studies should be carried out in this area.
Keywords
Yangsan-Ulsan Fault system; Futagawa-Hinagu Fault system; activity of earthquake; active fault; ${\lambda}$-fault;
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