Slip distribution and source parameters of the 20 July 2017 Bodrum-Kos earthquake (Mw6.6) from GPS observations

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Tiryakioglu I., Aktug B., Yigit C. O., Yavasoglu H. H., Sozbilir H., Ozkaymak C., ...Daha Fazla

GEODINAMICA ACTA, cilt.30, sa.1, ss.1-14, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 30 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1080/09853111.2017.1408264
  • Dergi Adı: GEODINAMICA ACTA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-14
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: GPS, co-seismic, The 20 July 2017 Bodrum-Kos earthquake (Mw6.6), slip, rupture process, WESTERN ANATOLIA, AEGEAN SEA, SW TURKEY, MEDITERRANEAN REGION, CRUSTAL DEFORMATION, SOUTHWEST ANATOLIA, SPATIAL VARIATION, ACTIVE TECTONICS, ISPARTA ANGLE, GOKOVA
  • Sivas Cumhuriyet Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Greek-Turkish boundary near the cities Kos and Bodrum has been shaken on July 20, 2017 by a Mw6.6 earthquake. The mainshock is located offshore and did not generate an on-land surface rupture. Analyzing pre-and post-earthquake continuous/survey-type static GPS observations, we investigated co-seismic surface displacements at 20 sites to characterize source parameters and slip-distribution of the mainshock. Fault plane solutions as well as co-seismic slip distribution have been acquired through the inversion of co-seismic GPS displacements modeling the event as elastic dislocations in a half space. Fault plane solution shows a southward dipping normal-type fault segment extending a depth down to similar to 12 km, which remains within the brittle upper crust. Results from the distributed slip inversion show that the mainshock activated a similar to 65 km fault section, which has three high slip patches, namely western, central and eastern patches, where the coseismic slips reach up to 13, 26, and 5 cm, respectively. This slip pattern indicates that the pre-earthquake coupling, which is storing the slip deficit, occurred on these three patches.