Detailed seismic structure beneath the earthquake zone of Yogyakarta 2006 
(Mw ∼6.4), Indonesia, from local earthquake tomography

Librian, Virga; Ramdhan, Mohamad; Nugraha, Andri Dian; Mukti, Muhammad Maruf; Syuhada, Syuhada; Lühr, B.; Widiyantoro, Sri; Mursitantyo, Adityo; Anggraini, Ade; Zulfakriza, Zulfakriza; Muttaqy, Faiz; Mi'rojul Husni, Yayan

doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2024.107170

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Detailed seismic structure beneath the earthquake zone of Yogyakarta 2006 (Mw ∼6.4), Indonesia, from local earthquake tomography

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Librian, Virga
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Ramdhan, Mohamad
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Nugraha, Andri Dian
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Mukti, Muhammad Maruf
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Syuhada, Syuhada
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Lühr, B.
2.1 Physics of Earthquakes and Volcanoes, 2.0 Geophysics, Departments, GFZ Publication Database, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum;

Widiyantoro, Sri
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Mursitantyo, Adityo
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Anggraini, Ade
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Zulfakriza, Zulfakriza
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Muttaqy, Faiz
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Mi'rojul Husni, Yayan
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Librian, V., Ramdhan, M., Nugraha, A. D., Mukti, M. M., Syuhada, S., Lühr, B., Widiyantoro, S., Mursitantyo, A., Anggraini, A., Zulfakriza, Z., Muttaqy, F., Mi'rojul Husni, Y. (2024): Detailed seismic structure beneath the earthquake zone of Yogyakarta 2006 (Mw ∼6.4), Indonesia, from local earthquake tomography. - Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 351, 107170.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2024.107170

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Abstract

The earthquake, which occurred in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, on May 26, 2006, at 22:53:58 UTC with Mw ∼6.4, was one of the most destructive earthquakes in Indonesia. The earthquake caused thousands of fatalities, tens of thousands of injuries, and hundreds of thousands of house damages in the Yogyakarta area and its surroundings at a loss of billions of dollars. Previous studies from seismic tomography and satellite radar imaging hypothesized that the earthquake was caused by activating a so far unknown fault east of the Opak Fault. Although, in the beginning, the Opak fault was suspected to be the source of the Yogyakarta earthquake in 2006. This assumption was made because the damage was maximum in the Bantul area west of the Opak Fault. This study demonstrates that our seismic tomography achieved a higher resolution than the previous study and could resolve a failed complex fault system. We utilized more aftershocks (2170 events) and smaller grid sizes for seismic tomography inversion. Four focal mechanisms from aftershocks for Mw ≥ 4.5 were also conducted to support structure interpretation in the study area. Our results successfully delineate the Opak Fault and the second fault, namely the Ngalang Fault, parallel to the eastern part of the fault at a depth of 9 km. Two faults could be indicated by the velocity contrast of Vp, Vp/Vs ratio, and Vs from a horizontal section tomogram. Our focal mechanisms also support seismic tomography, revealing two fault planes in our study area. The results show that the two faults are connected by the Oyo Fault, which is ruptured in the opposite direction compared to the two faults.