Postseismic Deformation Following the 2 July 2013Mw6.1 Aceh, Indonesia,
Earthquake Estimated using GPS Data
Endra Gunawan a,⁎ , Sri Widiyantoro a , Zulfakriza a,
Irwan Meilano b, Cecep Pratama c
a Global Geophysics Research Group, Faculty of Mining and Petroleum Engineering, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
b Geodesy Research Group, Faculty of Earth Science and Technology, Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
c Department of Geodetic Engineering, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia
Abstract
GPS data after the 2 July 2013Mw6.1 Aceh earthquake provide valuable information for understanding the postseismic behavior of a strike-slip fault in northern Sumatra, Indonesia. The analysis of postseismic de-formation following the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and the 2012 Indian Ocean earthquake suggest that the ongoing deformation affected northern Sumatra between July and December 2013. The postseismic de-formation of the 2013 Aceh earthquake is herein investigated, with the contribution of poroelastic rebound and viscoelastic relaxation evaluated. The results suggest that the model displacement of those two mechanisms failed to estimate the data. The afterslip analysis of the 2013 Aceh earthquake, on the contrary,fits the data very well with a seismic slip occurring at multiple fault segments of the Sumatran fault in northern Sumatra, Indonesia.
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