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Title: | The 21 May 2014 Mw 5.9 bay of Bengal earthquake : macroseismic data suggest a high-stress-drop event | Authors: | Martin, Stacey S. Hough, Susan E. |
Keywords: | DRNTU::Science::Geology::Volcanoes and earthquakes | Issue Date: | 2015 | Source: | Martin, S. S., & Hough, S. E. (2015). The 21 May 2014 Mw 5.9 Bay of Bengal earthquake : Macroseismic data suggest a high-stress-drop event. Seismological research letters, 86(2A), 369-377. | Series/Report no.: | Seismological research letters | Abstract: | A modest but noteworthy Mw 5.9 earthquake occurred in the Bay of Bengal beneath the central Bengal fan at 21:51 Indian Standard Time (16:21 UTC) on 21 May 2014. Centered over 300 km from the eastern coastline of India, it caused modest damage by virtue of its location and magnitude. However, shaking was very widely felt in parts of eastern India where earthquakes are uncommon. Media outlets reported as many as four fatalities. Light damage was reported from a number of towns on coastal deltaic sediments, including collapsed walls and damage to pukka and thatched dwellings. Shaking was felt well inland into east‐central India and was perceptible in multistoried buildings as far as Chennai, Delhi, and Jaipur at distances of ≈1600 km. The purpose of this report is to make available the newly collected intensity dataset and to present preliminary analysis of this noteworthy recent earthquake. We further show that the intensity distribution provides evidence for a high-stress drop source. These results bear out the observation made two decades ago by Hanks and Johnston (1992, p. 20): “[Our] results suggest that it should be a fairly simple matter to infer a high-stress-drop event from intensity data alone, provided that an instrumental M0 or Mw value is known separately.” Our study illustrates the potential value of carefully determined intensity data for investigations of earthquake source properties, especially when instrumental recordings are sparse. We suggest it may in fact be a more robust way to estimate stress drop than conventional approaches, which require correction of attenuation to estimate pulse width or corner frequency (e.g., Anderson, 1986); the estimate is then cubed to estimate stress drop (Madariaga, 1976). Lastly, we discuss potentially important implications of our results for efforts to characterize probabilistic seismic hazard in the Himalayan region. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/79441 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/25188 |
DOI: | 10.1785/0220140155 | Research Centres: | Earth Observatory of Singapore | Rights: | © 2015 Seismological Society of America. This paper was published in Seismological Research Letters and is made available as an electronic reprint (preprint) with permission of Seismological Society of America. The paper can be found at the following official DOI: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1785/0220140155]. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic or multiple reproduction, distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law. | Fulltext Permission: | open | Fulltext Availability: | With Fulltext |
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