ANALYSIS OF COULOMB STRESS TRANSFER AND EARTHQUAKE HAZARD IN THE ÇALDIRAN FAULT ZONE AND ITS ADJACENT REGION

Year 2023, Volume: 11 Issue: 2, 519 - 534, 28.06.2023

Hamdi Alkan Serkan Öztürk İsmail Akkaya

https://doi.org/10.21923/jesd.1195943

Abstract

Çaldıran fault zone (CFZ) are significant seismically active zone that generated many destructive earthquakes. In this fault system, the last of these major earthquakes occurred on 1976 (Ms = 7.3). Therefore, based on the seismotectonic b-value, earthquake probability, recurrence times and Coulomb stress changes, we investigate the future earthquake potential and positive/negative stress changes in this fault zone. The events with a magnitude greater than 3.6 are used to investigate stress transfer direction regarding the seismotectonic parameters. The results indicate that the regions having smaller b-values are obtained along with the SE of CFZ, whilst higher b-values are calculated around the east of Lake Van. On the other hand, the northeast of CFZ represents current stress accumulation. Similarly, the Coulomb stress variations of 1976 earthquake show that stress accumulated at different depths in the northwest of this fault system. In addition, considering the long-term slip rates and horizontal offset in previous studies, the recurrence time of earthquakes has approximately 302 years for a magnitude greater than 6.0. Finally, these comprehensive analyses explain the implications of seismic hazard evaluation and forecasting of possible next earthquake occurrences in this region.

Keywords

Çaldıran Fault Zone, B-Value, Earthquake Probability, Recurrence Time, Coulomb Stress Variation

Thanks

Firstly, we thank Editor and reviewers for constructive comments and suggestions. After that, the digital seismic waveforms were retrieved from the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (https://deprem.afad.gov.tr/). Next, Coulomb stress changes were calculated Coulomb 3.4 software (Toda et al., 2011). Also, Some figures are drawn using Generic Mapping Tools (Wessel et al., 2013).

ÇALDIRAN FAY ZONU VE CIVARINDAKI COULOMB STRESS TRANSFERI VE DEPREM TEHLIKESI ANALIZI

Abstract

Çaldıran fay zonu (CFZ) bir çok yıkıcı deprem üreten ve depremsellik açısından önemli bir aktif zondur. Bu fay sisteminde, 1976 tarihinde bu yıkıcı depremlerin en sonuncusu (Ms = 7.3) meydana gelmiştir. Dolayısıyla bu fay zonunda sismotektonik b-değeri, deprem olasılığı, tekrarlama zamanı ve Coulomb gerilme değişimi parametrelerine bağlı olarak gelecek deprem potansiyeli ve pozitif/negatif gerilme değişimleri araştırılmıştır. Büyüklüğü 3.6'dan büyük olan depremler, sismotektonik parametrelerle ilgili olarak gerilme transfer yönünü araştırmak için kullanılmıştır. Çalışmanın sonuçlarına göre, CFZ’nin güneydoğusu boyunca küçük b değerleri elde edilmişken, büyük b değerleri Van Gölünün doğusu civarında hesaplanmıştır. Diğer taraftan, CFZ’nin kuzeydoğusu mevcut stress birikimini temsil etmektedir. Benzer şekilde, 1976 depreminin Coulomb gerilme değişimi bu fay sisteminin kuzeybatısında gerilmelerin farklı derinliklerde biriktiğini göstermektedir. Ayrıca, daha önceki çalışmalardaki uzun dönem kayma oranları ve yatay öteleme değerleri dikkate alındığında, 6.0'dan büyük bir deprem için tekrarlama zamanı yaklaşık 302 yıldır. Sonuç olarak, bu karşılaştırmalı analizler bölgede sismik tehlike değerlendirmesinin etkilerini ve olası bir sonraki deprem oluşumunun tahminini açıklamaktadır.

Keywords

Çaldıran Fay Zonu, B-Değeri, Deprem Olasılığı, Tekrarlama Zamanı, Coulomb Gerilme Değişimi

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