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New fault-plane solutions of Moroccan earthquakes for the 2005-2008 period

Authors: Bensaid, Ihsane; Buforn, Elisa; Cherkaoui, Taj-Eddine; Medina, Fida; Hahou, Youssef;

New fault-plane solutions of Moroccan earthquakes for the 2005-2008 period

Abstract

[FR] Nous présentons de nouveaux mécanismes au foyer, basés sur le premier sens de mouvement des ondes P, pour 10 séismes de magnitudes modérées ayant eu lieu de 2005 et 2008. Dans le Moyen Atlas et les régions avoisinantes, les 3 mécanismes correspondent soit à un jeu inverse, soit à un jeu décrochant à composante normale, en bon accord avec l’état de contrainte déterminé dans cette région, reflété par l’orientation NW-SE des axes de pression. Dans le Rif central et oriental, les 3 mécanismes déterminés, à jeu décrochant ou normal, avec des axes de tension orientés ENE-WSW, sont également compatibles avec l’état de contrainte local. Enfin, au front du Rif occidental, qui a enregistré une activité sismique accrue au cours des dernières années, les solutions montrent des axes P orientés NE-SW. Cette direction inhabituelle conforte le modèle tectonique d’échappement du Rif.

[EN] We present new fault-plane solutions, based on P wave first motion, of 10 moderate shocks that occurred in Morocco during the period 2005-2008. In the Middle Atlas and adjacent area, the 3 fault-plane solutions correspond either to reverse or to strike-slip faulting with a normal component, in good agreement with the state of stress determined in this area, reflected by NW-SE horizontal pressure axes. In the central and eastern Rif area, the 3 strike-slip and normal solutions (with ENE-WSW T-axes) are in agreement with the local state of stress. Finally, in the western Rif front, which is undergoing increased seismic activity, the 2 fault-plane solutions obtained (reverse faulting) show unusual NE-trending P-axes that support the model of lateral escape of the Central Rif.

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Maroc, Morocco, Sismotectonique, Seismotectonics, fault-plane solution, mécanismes au foyer

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