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Documentation for the Southeast Asia Seismic Hazard Maps Documentation for the Southeast Asia Sei smi c Hazard Maps By Mark Petersen, Stephen Harmsen, Charles Mueller, Kathleen Haller, James Dewey, Nicolas Luco, Anthony Crone, David Lidke, and Kenneth Rukstales Administrative Report September 30, 2007 U.S. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey U.S. Department of the Interior 1 DIRK KEMPTHORNE, Secretary U.S. Geological Survey Mark D. Myers, Director U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, Virginia 2007 Revised and reprinted: 200x For product and ordering information: World Wide Web: http://www.usgs.gov/pubprod Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS For more information on the USGS—the Federal source for science about the Earth, its natural and living resources, natural hazards, and the environment: World Wide Web: http://www.usgs.gov Telephone: 1-888-ASK-USGS Suggested citation: Author1, F.N., Author2, Firstname, 2001, Title of the publication: Place of publication (unless it is a corporate entity), Publisher, number or volume, page numbers; information on how to obtain if it’s not from the group above. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. Although this report is in the public domain, permission must be secured from the individual copyright owners to reproduce any copyrighted material contained within this report. 2 Contents Overview of Project ............................................................................................................................. 5 Project Activities in Thailand ......................................................................................................... 7 Project Activities in Indonesia ...................................................................................................... 8 Project Activities in Other Countries ............................................................................................ 8 Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 9 Seismotectonics ................................................................................................................................ 10 Sunda Subduction Zone ............................................................................................................... 13 Sunda Plate ..................................................................................................................................... 15 Earthquakes Within Deep Subducted Plates ........................................................................... 16 Southeast Asia Hazard Model ........................................................................................................ 16 Earthquake Catalog ....................................................................................................................... 17 Earthquake Source Model ........................................................................................................... 18 Background Seismicity Model .................................................................................................... 19 The Sunda Subduction Zone Model ........................................................................................... 19 Crustal Fault Source Models ....................................................................................................... 21 Indonesian Faults ....................................................................................................................... 22 The Island of Sumatra ........................................................................................................... 23 The Islands of Java and Bali ................................................................................................ 24 Indonesian Kalimantan ......................................................................................................... 24 Sumatran Fault Model ........................................................................................................... 24 Faults in Thailand ....................................................................................................................... 25 Other Regional Sources ............................................................................................................ 30 Ground Motion Models ................................................................................................................. 31 Crustal Intraplate Attenuation Relations ............................................................................... 31 Crustal Interplate Attenuation Relations ............................................................................... 32 Subduction Zone Attenuation Relations ................................................................................ 33 Intermediate Depth Attenuation Relations ............................................................................ 33 Southeast Asia Risk Model .............................................................................................................. 33 Shear-Wave Velocity Map for Padang, Indonesia .................................................................. 33 Risk Map for Padang, Indonesia ................................................................................................. 40 Results ................................................................................................................................................. 42 Indonesia ......................................................................................................................................... 43 Thailand ........................................................................................................................................... 44 Conclusions ........................................................................................................................................ 44 References Cited ............................................................................................................................... 45 Appendix A. Letters of Support ...................................................................................................... 49 Appendix B. Indonesia fault and fold database (west of long. 115° E.) ................................... 54 Appendix C. Hazard Maps for Sumatra and Java, Indonesia ................................................... 56 Appendix D. Hazard Maps for Thailand and Malaysian Peninsula .......................................... 61 3 Figures Figure 1. Map of subduction earthquakes since 1994 .................................................................. 6 Figure 2. Map of shallow-depth earthquakes (<50 km) for 1964–2005 ..................................... 11 Figure 3. Map of intermediate –depth earthquakes (50–20 km) for 1964-2005 ....................... 12 Figure 4. Map of shallow-focus earthquakes (<50 km) .............................................................. 13 Figure 5. Map of crustal source zones in this study.................................................................... 14 Figure 6. Map of Sumatran fault on the island of Sumatra, Indoensia .................................... 22 Figure 7. Map of fault sources in and near Thailand .................................................................. 26 Figure 8. Map showing study area of preliminary Vs30 map of the Padang region .............. 33 Figure 9. Map showing geologic maps used in Padang study .................................................. 34 Figure 10. Map showing generalized geologic map of the Padang region ............................. 35 Figure 11. Map showing the shear-wave velocity (Vs30) of the Padang region. ................... 37 Figure 12. Map of Vs30 units and population-density map ........................................................ 38 Figure 13. Example risk map for Padang, Indonesia………………………………………4 0 Figure 14. Hazard map for Thailand and Malaysian peninsula ………………………… 41 Figure 15. Hazard curves for 1-Hz spectral acceleration at a site in Jakarta, Indonesia…42 Figure 16. Hazard curves for 1-Hz spectral acceleration at a site in Bangkok, Thailand…. 43 Figure C-1. Sumatra and Java, Indonesia, PGA hazard map (10% in 50 yr) ................................ Figure C-2. Sumatra and Java, Indonesia, 5-Hz SA hazard map (10% in 50 yr) ......................... Figure C-3. Sumatra and Java, Indonesia, 1-Hz SA hazard map (10% in 50 yr) ......................... Figure C-4. Sumatra and Java, Indonesia, PGA hazard map (2% in 50 yr) .................................. Figure C-5. Sumatra and Java, Indonesia, 5-Hz SA hazard map (2% in 50 yr) ........................... Figure C-6. Sumatra and Java, Indonesia, 1-Hz SA hazard map (2% in 50 yr) ........................... Figure D-1. Thailand and Malaysian peninsula PGA hazard map (10% in 50 yr) ....................... Figure D-2. Thailand and Malaysian peninsula 5-Hz SA hazard map (10% in 50 yr) ................. Figure D-3. Thailand and Malaysian peninsula 1-Hz SA hazard map (10% in 50 yr) ................. Figure D-4. Thailand and Malaysian peninsula PGA hazard map (2% in 50 yr) ......................... Figure D-5. Thailand and Malaysian peninsula 5-Hz SA hazard map (2% in 50 yr) ................... Figure D-6. Thailand and Malaysian peninsula 1-Hz SA hazard map (2% in 50 yr) ................... Tables Table 1. Regional source model. ....................................................................................................
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