Journal of Applied Geospatial Information
Vol 7 No 1 (2023): Journal of Applied Geospatial Information (JAGI)

Faulting Mechanism of Tarutung Earthquake 2022 Mw 5.8 Using Moment Tensor Inversion

Endah P. Sari (Post Graduate Program (Physics), FMIPA, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Sumatra Utara, Indonesia, Agency of Meteorological Climatology and Geophysical for Indonesia, Medan, Sumatra Utara, Indonesia)
Resa Idha (Post Graduate Program (Physics), FMIPA, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Sumatra Utara, Indonesia, Agency of Meteorological Climatology and Geophysical for Indonesia, Medan, Sumatra Utara, Indonesia)
Yusran Asnawi (Department of Information Technology, Universitas Islam Ar-Raniry, Banda Aceh, Aceh)
Andrean Simanjuntak (BMKG)
Syahrul Humaidi (Post Graduate Program (Physics), FMIPA, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Sumatra Utara, Indonesia)
Umar Muksin (Tsunami Disaster Mitigation Research Centre (TDMRC), Universitas Syiah Kuala, Banda Aceh, Aceh)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Jun 2023

Abstract

On October 1, 2022, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 shook the Tarutung area which was generated by an active fault at a shallow depth of 10 km. In this study, relocating the hypocenter and determining the mechanism of the earthquake was carried out to understand the active tectonic structure. The distribution of hypocenter relocation figures a pull-apart pattern at shallow depths. The earthquake mechanism shows a dextral pattern in the Southwest – Southeast direction with a strike of 138º – 158º. The aftershocks are more dominantly distributed in the pull-apart system in the southeastern part and show the greater part of the transfer of seismic static stress to the southeastern side of the Toru fault. The pull-apart tectonic system scheme in the Tarutung basin with secondary faults as extensional faults is proposed to be a fault source model that forms a negative-flower structure geological pattern. The results of this study can be used as a reference for the Tarutung tectonic system and applied as a mitigation study.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JAGI

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Subject

Civil Engineering, Building, Construction & Architecture Earth & Planetary Sciences Engineering Environmental Science Physics

Description

Journal of Applied Geospatial Information (JAGI) is a national and international peer review journal published by Politeknik Negeri Batam. The JAGI is issued 2 times a year in electronic form, publishes Original Research Articles (full papers and short communications) and Review (full and mini ...