Rupture mechanism of the 1993 Killari earthquake, India: constraints from aftershocks and static stress change |
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Authors: | V K Gahalaut Kalpna P S Raju |
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Institution: | National Geophysical Research Institute, Uppal Road, Hyderabad 500 007, India |
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Abstract: | The Killari earthquake of September 29, 1993 (Mw=6.2) in peninsular India triggered several aftershocks that were recorded by a network of 21 stations. We computed the change in regional static stress caused by coseismic slip on the earthquake rupture and correlated it with the aftershocks with a view to constrain some of the rupture parameters of this earthquake. We evaluated the six available estimates of fault plane solutions for this earthquake and concluded that reverse slip on a 42° dipping, N112° trending fault, which extends up to the surface from a depth of 7 km, produces maximum correlation between the increased static stress and aftershock distribution. Our analysis suggests that the majority of coseismic slip occurred on the part of the rupture that lies in the depth range of 3–6.5 km. |
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Keywords: | Killari earthquake Change in static stress Aftershocks Rupture modeling Focal mechanism |
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