Seismicity of Southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia

Thesis (Ph.D. (Geophysics))--Prince of Songkla University, 2021

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Main Author: Nazaruddin, Dony Adriansyah
Other Authors: Duerrast, Helmut
Format: Theses and Dissertations
Language:English
Published: Prince of Songkla University 2023
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Online Access:http://kb.psu.ac.th/psukb/handle/2016/17956
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spelling th-psu.2016-179562023-04-12T04:27:00Z Seismicity of Southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia Nazaruddin, Dony Adriansyah Duerrast, Helmut Faculty of Science (Physics) คณะวิทยาศาสตร์ ภาควิชาฟิสิกส์ Seismicity Southern Thailand Peninsular Malaysia Earthquakes Thesis (Ph.D. (Geophysics))--Prince of Songkla University, 2021 Prior to the occurrence of the 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake, Southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia experienced relatively little earthquake activities and considered as low seismicity regions. However, after the devastating 2004 earthquake, the seismicity in both regions increases with the occurrence of plenty of local intraplate earthquakes. The objectives of this study are: firstly, to analyze the seismicity of Southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia focusing on the temporal-spatial distribution and magnitude variation of local earthquakes, and their relationship with local fault zones; secondly, to investigate characteristics of earthquake sequences happened in Phuket Island (Southern Thailand) in 2012 and in Bukit Tinggi (Peninsular Malaysia) in 2007-2009; and thirdly, to evaluate the impacts of several regional earthquakes on the local seismicity and crustal deformation in both regions in terms of geodynamic implications. This study created earthquake catalogs from 227 earthquakes in Southern Thailand covering a period 1970 – 2020 and 58 earthquakes in Peninsular Malaysia during a period 1922 – 2020 which was compiled from observations of local, regional/national, and global networks. Available digital seismograms from both regions were processed and interpreted by using SEISAN software. This study reveals that epicenters of local earthquakes are predominantly distributed in the vicinity of fault zones in Southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia, indicating that they are the main contributors to the local seismicity. This study categorizes the 2012 Phuket and 2007-2009 Bukit Tinggi earthquakes as the earthquake swarms and complimented by mini swarms. This study also reveals that several large regional earthquakes in Sumatra region had considerable geodynamic implications on local seismicity and deformation. Therefore, this study is essential for providing considerations on the seismic hazards in both regions. Thailand’s Education Hub for Southern Region of ASEAN Countries (TEH-AC) and Graduate School of PSU. 2023-04-12T04:26:23Z 2023-04-12T04:26:23Z 2021 Thesis http://kb.psu.ac.th/psukb/handle/2016/17956 en Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Thailand http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/th/ application/pdf Prince of Songkla University
institution Prince of Songkhla University
building Khunying Long Athakravi Sunthorn Learning Resources Center
continent Asia
country Thailand
Thailand
content_provider Khunying Long Athakravi Sunthorn Learning Resources Center
collection PSU Knowledge Bank
language English
topic Seismicity
Southern Thailand
Peninsular Malaysia
Earthquakes
spellingShingle Seismicity
Southern Thailand
Peninsular Malaysia
Earthquakes
Nazaruddin, Dony Adriansyah
Seismicity of Southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia
description Thesis (Ph.D. (Geophysics))--Prince of Songkla University, 2021
author2 Duerrast, Helmut
author_facet Duerrast, Helmut
Nazaruddin, Dony Adriansyah
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author Nazaruddin, Dony Adriansyah
author_sort Nazaruddin, Dony Adriansyah
title Seismicity of Southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia
title_short Seismicity of Southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia
title_full Seismicity of Southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr Seismicity of Southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Seismicity of Southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia
title_sort seismicity of southern thailand and peninsular malaysia
publisher Prince of Songkla University
publishDate 2023
url http://kb.psu.ac.th/psukb/handle/2016/17956
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