Author(s)

Soraya Dana¹, Mahmood Almasian¹, Abdolmajid Asadi², Mohsen Pourkermani¹, Manouchehr Goreshi¹

¹Department of Geology, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Islamic Azad University, North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran.
²Department of Geology, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz Branch, Shiraz, Iran.

In this research the fault parameters causing the September 27, 2010 Kazeron Earthquake with a magnitude of MW = 5.8 (BHRC) were determined using the random finite fault method. The parameters were recorded by 27 accelerometer stations. Simulation of strong ground motion is very useful for areas about which little information and data are available. Considering the distribution of earthquake records and the existing relationships, for the fault plane causing the September 27, 2010 Kazeron Earthquake the length of the fault along the strike direction and the width of the fault along the dip direction were determined to be 10 km and 7 km, respectively. Moreover, 10 elements were assumed along the length and 7 were assumed along the width of the plane. Research results indicated that the epicenter of the earthquake had a geographic coordination of 29.88N - 51.77E, which complied with the results reported by the Institute of Geophysics Tehran University (IGTU). In addition, the strike and dip measured for the fault causing the Kazeron Earthquake were 27 and 50 degrees, respectively. Therefore, the causing fault was almost parallel to and coincident with the fault. There are magnetic discontinuities on the analytical signal map with a north-south strike followed by a northwest-southeast strike. The discontinuities are consistent with the trend of Kazeron fault but are several kilometers away from it. Therefore, they show the fault depth at a distance of 12 km from the fault surface.

Kazeron Earthquake, Analytical Signal Map, Random Finite Fault Method, Earthquake Simulation

Dana, S. , Almasian, M. , Asadi, A. , Pourkermani, M. and Goreshi, M. (2015) Measuring the Qatar-Kazeron Fault Dip Using Random Finite Fault Simulation of September 27, 2010 Kazeron Earthquake and Analytical Signal Map of Satellite Magnetic Data. Open Journal of Geology, 5, 73-82. doi: 10.4236/ojg.2015.52007.