Department
Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering
Major
Geophysics
Research Advisor
Gao, Stephen
Advisor's Department
Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering
Funding Source
Missouri S& T Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experiences (OURE) Program
Abstract
The devastating earthquake near Sumatra, Indonesia was caused by plate slip along the megathrust between Indian plate and the Burma Microplate. This is a very active boundary, and it is essential to find out where the next large earthquake will occur. Data was obtained from seismic catalogs from the Advanced National Seismic System. Then the data was organized using Fortran 77 programs to attain data such as the number of earthquakes (neq) per day, average earthquake depth (aed) per day, neq per latitude, aed per latitude, seismic moment per latitude. The same data was found for before and after the 9.0 earthquake and every subsequent year after. From interpreting the data, it is apparent that the movement along the plate boundary is moving to the south. In conclusion the next large earthquake will occur south of the 9.0 Mw earthquake, as the plate slip propagates down the plate boundary.
Biography
Trevor Bollmann is a senior in Geological Sciences and Engineering at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. He is working towards his B.S. in Geology with an emphasis in Geophysics. He is also pursuing a minor in Geological Engineering and Mathematics.
Research Category
Natural Sciences
Presentation Type
Poster Presentation
Document Type
Poster
Award
Natural Sciences Poster Session - Third Place
Location
Havener Center, Upper Atrium/Hallway
Presentation Date
9 Apr 2008, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Possible spatial-temporal variations in seismic activity in SE Asia after the Dec. 26, 2004, 9.0 Magnitude Sumatra Earthquake
Havener Center, Upper Atrium/Hallway
The devastating earthquake near Sumatra, Indonesia was caused by plate slip along the megathrust between Indian plate and the Burma Microplate. This is a very active boundary, and it is essential to find out where the next large earthquake will occur. Data was obtained from seismic catalogs from the Advanced National Seismic System. Then the data was organized using Fortran 77 programs to attain data such as the number of earthquakes (neq) per day, average earthquake depth (aed) per day, neq per latitude, aed per latitude, seismic moment per latitude. The same data was found for before and after the 9.0 earthquake and every subsequent year after. From interpreting the data, it is apparent that the movement along the plate boundary is moving to the south. In conclusion the next large earthquake will occur south of the 9.0 Mw earthquake, as the plate slip propagates down the plate boundary.
