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Study on co-seismic energy losses from hypocenter to ocean bottom for Sumatra earthquake 2004 using 3-D crustal deformation model

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Our co-seismic GRACE gravity data (Level 2 ‘RL_05’ data product “GX-OG-_2-GSM) for Sumatra earthquake 2004 is obtained by differencing monthly gravity field average for November 2004 from that of January 2005 and band-pass filtering (17–30, degrees and orders) in spectral domain. Here we propose an 11-layered 3-D thrust fault gravity model based on several co-seismic rupture models in literature. Previously we have covered the 3-D modelling details and its inferences like slip rate, seismic moment, momentum etc. in our published literature. Further we extend the inferences through our model for this case study. Here, we have estimated the layer-wise energy distribution by undertaking two types energy loss one is spherical spreading and second absorption with constrained by literature. We have computed layer-wise energy loss, equivalent energy, differential pressure, slip rate, ultimate slip and work done. The computed differential pressure and work done for Sumatra Earthquake 2004 are 1.7552 × 108 N/m2 and 1.657 × 1018 J, respectively. We also estimated the absorption coefficient (calculated absorption coefficients) from our model to honour the slip rate of Sumatra earthquake 2004. The differential pressure is estimated for ocean bottom and sea level surface. The volumetric analysis is also provided for entire 3-D body (layer-wise) using excess mass of our model. The computed differential pressure indeed corresponds to an area pulse at ocean bottom that led to a Tsunami generation.

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  1. Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, 247667, India

    Mahendra Kumar Sonker

  2. Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, 247667, India

    Rajni Devi

  3. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, 575025, India

    Mandeep Singh

  4. Department of Applied Sciences, MIET, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, 250005, India

    Ramesh Chand

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Sonker, M.K., Devi, R., Singh, M. et al. Study on co-seismic energy losses from hypocenter to ocean bottom for Sumatra earthquake 2004 using 3-D crustal deformation model. Environ Earth Sci 79, 475 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-020-09230-w

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