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http://dx.doi.org/10.5467/JKESS.2017.38.7.561

An Analysis of the Fault Plane Solution and Intensity on the Iksan Earthquake of 22 December 2015  

Kim, Jin-Mi (Department of Earth Science Education, Korea National University of Education)
Kyung, Jai Bok (Department of Earth Science Education, Korea National University of Education)
Kim, Kwang-Hee (Department of Geological Sciences, Pusan National University)
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Journal of the Korean earth science society / v.38, no.7, 2017 , pp. 561-569 More about this Journal
Abstract
Fault plane solutions of the Iksan earthquake ($M_L=3.85$) and two aftershocks were obtained using the FOCMEC (FOCal MEChanism determination) program. The main event showed the characteristic of strike slip faulting with reverse component. It has the fault planes with NE-SW or NW-SE direction. This is similar to the fault characteristics of earthquake pattern in the inland area of the Korean Peninsula. In order to detect micro-earthquake events, continuous seismic waveform data of the thirteen seismic stations within a radius of 100km from epicenter were analyzed by PQLII program (PASSCAL, 2017) for the period from December 15, 2015 to January 22, 2016. The epicenters of nineteen micro-events were newly determined by Hypoinverse-2000 program. They are not concentrated along some lineaments or fault lines. The intensity of the Iksan earthquake was obtained by estimating the telephone inquiries, the degree of ground shaking or damage all around the southern peninsula. The instrumental intensity was also obtained using PGA (Peak Ground Acceleration) records. As a result, the maximum MM intensity was estimated to be V near the epicenter.
Keywords
Iksan earthquake; fault plane solutions; intensity; micro-earthquake;
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