Implications of seismic and GNSS strain rates in Himachal, Kashmir and Ladakh.

ABSTRACT: We report the present day GNSS velocities (2015-2021) and strain rates in Himachal, Kashmir and Ladakh Himalaya covering the rupture zones of the 2005 Muzaffarabad earthquake and the 1905 Kangra earthquake. Geodetic strain rates estimated from GPS velocities of about 58 sites spanning last two decades of measurements indicate a mean compression rate of - 32.5 ns/year (nanostrain/year) and dilatation of - 37.3 ns/year. Seismic strain rates are estimated using both the instrumental period (1964-2021) and historical earthquakes since 1500 AD in this region. Seismic strain rates during the instrumental period of the past 50 + years indicate a mean compression rate of - 28.1 ns/year and it slightly decreases to - 21.7 ns/year after including the historical earthquakes of the past 520 years. The

SUBMITTER: Shrungeshwara TS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10709641 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature