Aftershock relocation and frequency-size distribution, stress inversion and seismotectonic setting of the 7 August 2013 M = 5.4 earthquake in Kallidromon Mountain, central Greece

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• 作者：Athanassios Ganas^a ; ^{aganas@noa.gr" class="auth_mail} ; Vassilios Karastathis^a ; ^{karastathis@noa.gr" class="auth_mail} ; Alexandra Moshou^a ; ^{amoshou@noa.gr" class="auth_mail} ; Sotirios Valkaniotis^b ; ^{valkaniotis@yahoo.com" class="auth_mail} ; Evangelos Mouzakiotis^a ; ^{aggelmo87@yahoo.gr" class="auth_mail} ; George Papathanassiou^c ; ^{gpapatha@geo.auth.gr" class="auth_mail}
• 关键词：Active tectonics ; Stress inversion ; Aftershock relocation ; Crustal extension ; Normal faults ; Central Greece
• 刊名：Tectonophysics
• 出版年：17 March, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：617
• 期：Complete
• 页码：101-113
• 全文大小：3559 K

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On August 7, 2013 a moderate earthquake (NOA M_L = 5.1, NOA M_w = 5.4) occurred in central Kallidromon Mountain, in the Pthiotis region of central Greece. 2270 aftershocks were relocated using a modified 1-D velocity model for this area. The b-value of the aftershock sequence was b = 0.85 for a completeness magnitude of Mc = 1.7. The rate of aftershock decay was determined at p = 0.63. The spatial distribution of the aftershock sequence points towards the reactivation of a N70掳 卤 10掳E striking normal fault at crustal depths between 8 and 13 km. A NNW-SSE cross-section imaged the activation of a steep, south dipping normal fault. A stress inversion analysis of 12 focal mechanisms showed that the minimum horizontal stress is extensional at N173掳E. No primary surface ruptures were observed in the field; however, the earthquake caused severe damage in the villages of the Kallidromon area. The imaged fault strike and the orientation of the long-axis of the aftershock sequence distribution are both at a high-angle to the strike of known active faults in this area of central Greece. We interpret the Kallidromon seismic sequence as release of extensional seismic strain on secondary, steep faults inside the Fokida-Viotia crustal block.