Investigations on the aftershock sequence of the great Assam earthquake of August 15, 1950

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R. K. S. CHOUHAN
V. K. GAUR
J. SINGH

Abstract

The strain release curve of the aftershock sequence of
the great Assam earthquake of August 15, 1950 exhibits three linear segments.
A secondary aftershock sequence has also been reported; the strain
release curve in this case is also linear. The b value, using the maximum
likelihood method of Utsu, for the sequence is 0.52 ± 0.095. The fault plane
solution shows that the fault strikes almost cast-west and dips northward
at an angle of 80°; the motion is predominently strike slip (right lateral
type). The spatial distribution of aftershocks shows two main centers of
activity at the two ends of the probable fault.

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CHOUHAN, R. K. S., GAUR, V. K. and SINGH, J. (1974) “Investigations on the aftershock sequence of the great Assam earthquake of August 15, 1950”, Annals of Geophysics, 27(1-2), pp. 245–266. doi: 10.4401/ag-4923.
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