Gutenberg-Richter Recurrence Law to Seismicity Analysis of Southern Segment of the Sagaing Fault and Its Associate Components

Authors: Yin Myo Min Htwe, Shen WenBin

Abstract:

The purpose of the present study is the calculation of Gutenber-Richter parameters (a, b) and analyze the mean annual rate of exceedance of earthquake magnitude (Om ) of southern segment of the Sagaing fault and its associate components. The study area is situated about 200 km radius centered at Yangon. Earthquake data file is using from 1975 to 2006 August 31. The bounded Gutenberg- Richter recurrence law for 0 M is 4.0 and max M is 7.5.

Keywords: Gutenberg-Richter recurrence law, meanannual rate of exceedance, Sagaing fault.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI): doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1082339

References:

[1] Chen, W.F. and Scawthorn Charles, (2002). Earthquake Engineering Handbook, 0- 8493-0068-1.
[2] Darwin, C, (1845). The Voyage of the Beagle (1975 reissue), J. M. Dent, London.
[3] Ghosh, A, (2007). Earthquake Frequency-Magnitude Distribution and Interface Lacking at the Middle America Subduction Zone near Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica, Georgia Institute of Technology.
[4] Gutenberg, R., and C.F. Richter, (1944). Frequency of earthquakes in California, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 34, 185- 188.
[5] Kramer, L.S. (1996). Geotechnical earthquake engineering. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Prentice Hall.
[6] McGuire, R.K. and Arabasz, W.J, (1990). "An introduction to probabilistic seismic hazard analysis." Geotechnical and Environmental Geophysics. 1: 333-353.
[7] Petersen, M.D., Bryant, W.A., Cramer, C.H., Cao Tianqing, and Reichle, M., (1996). Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment for the State of California: California Dept. of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology.
[8] Richter, C.F., (1958). Elementary Seismology, W.H. Freeman: New York, 768 pp.
[9] Schwartz, D.P. and K.J. Coppersmith, (1984). "Fault Behavior and Characteristic Earthquakes: Examples from the Wasatch and San Andreas Fault Zones," J. Geophys.; Res., 89, 5681-5698.
[10] Thein D., (1970). Myanmar and Earthquake, Department of Geology: Yangon Art and Science University, Vol.5, No.2.
[11] Thein D., (1994). Myanmar and Earthquake Disaster, Department of Geology: Yangon Art and Science University .
[12] Wesnousky, S.G., (1994). "The Gutenberg-Richter or Characteristic Earthquake Distribution, Which is it?", Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 84, 1940-1959.
[13] Wesnousky, S.G., C. Scholz, K. Shimazaki, and T. Matsuda, (1983). "Earthquake Frequency Distribution and the Mechanics of Faulting", J. Geophys.; Res., 87, 6829-6852.
[14] Win Swe, (1981). A Major Strike-Slip Fault in Burma: Contribution to Burmese Geology, Vol. 1, No. 1.