GIS Based Study on Seismicity of Makran over 100 Years

Abstract

The earthquakes in Makran have a history of 600 years (1483-2015). The new ventures of development, urbanization, mining, and exploration for hydrocarbons in Makran region demand recent studies on seismicity. The major tectonic earthquakes are although infrequent in Makran, but are responsible for generating tsunami in coastal areas of Pakistan and Iran and have a long tail of aftershocks of shallow to deep focal depths. The oceanic part of Arabian plate which is underthrusting Eurasian plate (northwards), contributes a major share in producing seismicity of low magnitude (ML 6 on Richter scale) has a relation with the rotation of moon (lunar dates) in Makran.

Keywords

• Makran
• GIS
• subduction
• epicenter.
• Seismicity
• epicenter.