Source rupture process of the March 18th, 2021, Mw6.0 Béjaia (Algeria) earthquake associated with the Western segment – A link with the August 1856 Djidjelli earthquakes (Io = VIII-IX, M ≥ 6)
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Abstract
A strong offshore earthquake (Mw6.0) struck Béjaia city (eastern Algeria) on March 18th, 2021. This earthquake was followed by several aftershocks among the Mw5.2 that occurred 13 min after the main shock. Moreover, another earthquake (Mw5.0) occurred in the same zone one year later on March 19th, 2022. Near-field digital accelerograph records were used to study the earthquake and its related aftershocks. First, the March 2021 (Mw6.0) main shock, six of its main aftershocks, and the March 19th, 2022 (Mw5.0) earthquake were located. These epicentres are distributed in a 10 km-long and 2 to 3 km-wide NE–SW-trending area, with depths ranging between 8 km and 14 km. Second, using waveform inversion, the seismic moment and the focal mechanism of the three events (the March 18th, 2021, main shock and its strongest aftershock (Mw5.2) that occurred 13 min after the main shock and the March 19th, 2022 (Mw5.0) earthquake) were determined. These focal mechanisms exhibit reverse faulting with a short lateral component. Third, the source rupture process of the March 18th, 2021 (Mw6.0), earthquake was calculated from waveform inversion to obtain the moment–release distribution on a finite fault. The nodal plane oriented N74E seems to be associated with the activated fault plane. Considering the seismotectonic framework of the region, the fault that activated during the 2021 earthquake sequence is offshore. This fault, called the Western Segment, which is situated in the western part of the reverse fault system, is also at the origin of the Djidjelli historical earthquakes of August 21st, and 22nd, 1856 (Io = VIII-IX, M ≥ 6.6).
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