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Spatio-Temporal Variation Seismicity Pattern in East Java Between 2002 and 2022 Based on the b-value and Seismic Quiescence z-value

  • Farizky Hisyam
  • , Adi Susilo*
  • , Muhajir Anshori
  • , Muhammad Fathur Rouf Hasan
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

East Java is one of the seismically active regions in part of the Sunda Arc whose seismicity pattern must be studied. Therefore, a spatio-temporal analysis of seismicity between 2002-2022 in East Java has been conducted. This analysis aims to investigate the seismotectonic conditions in the East Java region over the last twenty years, especially the seismicity patterns associated with significant earthquakes in East Java. The analysis was carried out by quantifying the spatial and temporal variations of seismicity parameters using b-value and z-value. The used data used are earthquake data from the USGS earthquake catalog during 2002-2022 in the East Java region. The analysis was performed using the ZMAP 6.0 program code using the maximum likelihood method. The results of the temporal analysis of b-values show that almost all significant earthquakes in East Java were characterized by a decrease in b-values of up to 0.2. Spatially, the significant earthquake on 10 April 2021 was associated with a low b-value (0.9). Temporal z-value analysis shows that the significant East Java earthquake was preceded by a quiet period (positive z-value) between 4-5 years (2003-2008 and 2012-2016). Spatial analysis of the z-value in the last 7 shows an increase in the z-value before the significant earthquakes occurred on 16 July 2019, 18 March 2020, and 10 April 2021. Therefore, the results of this study indicate that the b-value and z-value potentially can be used as precursors of the significant East Java earthquake.

Original languageEnglish
Article number7608
JournalTrends in Sciences
Volume21
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2024

Keywords

  • b-value
  • Earthquake
  • East Java
  • Precursor
  • Seismic parameter
  • Spatiotemporal variation
  • z-value

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