Afterslip Enhanced Aftershock Activity During the 2017 Earthquake Sequence Near Sulphur Peak, Idaho
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- Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
- U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO (United States)
- Saint Louis Univ., St. Louis, MO (United States)
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Univ. of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States)
An energetic earthquake sequence occurred during September to October 2017 near Sulphur Peak, Idaho. The normal–faulting Mw 5.3 mainshock of 2 September 2017 was widely felt in Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming. Over 1,000 aftershocks were located within the first 2 months, 29 of which had magnitudes ≥4.0 ML. High–accuracy locations derived with data from a temporary seismic array show that the sequence occurred in the upper (<10 km) crust of the Aspen Range, east of the northern section of the range–bounding, west–dipping East Bear Lake Fault. Moment tensors for 77 of the largest events show normal and strike–slip faulting with a summed aftershock moment that is 1.8–2.4 times larger than the mainshock moment. Here, we propose that the unusually high productivity of the 2017 Sulphur Peak sequence can be explained by aseismic afterslip, which triggered a secondary swarm south of the coseismic rupture zone beginning ~1 day after the mainshock.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- U.S. Geological Survey; USDOE
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396; G15AC00028
- OSTI ID:
- 1440499
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-18-22721
- Journal Information:
- Geophysical Research Letters, Vol. 45, Issue 11; ISSN 0094-8276
- Publisher:
- American Geophysical UnionCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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