An investigation into the Latur earthquake of September 29, 1993 in southern India

Tectonophysics

Volumn 287, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 299-318

  Gupta, Harsh K ^a   Rastogi, B K ^a   Mohan, Indra ^a   Rao, C V R K ^a   Sarma, S V S ^a   Rao, R U M ^a  

^a NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Helium studies; SCR earthquake; Seismicity of India

Indexed keywords

LATUR EARTHQUAKE 1993; SEISMICITY;

EID: 0031843873     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)80075-9     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Adams, J., Wetmiller, R.J., Hasegawa, H.S., Drysdale, J., 1991. The first surface faulting from a historical intraplate earthquake in North America. Nature 352, 617-619.
2. Baumbach, M., Grosser, H., Schmidt, H.G., Paulat, A., Rietbrock, A., Ramakrishna Rao, C.V., Solomon Raju, P., Sarkar, D., Indra Mohan, 1994. Study of foreshocks and after shocks of the Intraplate Latur earthquake of September 30, 1993, India. Mem. Geol. Soc. India 35, 33-63.
3. Bowman, J.R., Gibson, G., Jones, T., 1990. Aftershocks of the 1988 January 22 Tennant Creek, Australia intraplate earthquake: evidence for a complex thrust fault geometry. Geophys. J. Int. 100, 87-97.
4. Choy, L.G., Bowman, J.R., 1990. Rupture process of a multiple main shock sequence analysis of teleseismic, local and field observations of the Tennant Creek, Australia, earthquakes of January 22, 1988. J. Geophys. Res. 95 (B5), 6867-6882.
5. Gajewski, D., Holbrook, W.S., Pradehl, C., 1987. A three dimensional crustal model of southwest Germany derived from seismic refraction data. Tectonophysics 142, 49-70.
6. Gowd, T.N., Srirama Rao, S.V., Gaur, V.K., 1992. Tectonic stress field in the Indian Sub-continent. J. Geophys. Res. 97, 11879-11888.
7. Gupta, H.K., 1993a. The deadly Latur earthquake. Science 262, 1666-1667.
8. Gupta, H.K., 1993b. Earthquakes exceeding magnitude 5 occur again in the Koyna region (notes). J. Geol. Soc. India 42, 413-415.
9. Gupta, H.K., 1994a. Introduction to the Volume 'Latur Earthquake'. Mem. Geol. Soc. India 35, v-xiii.
10. Gupta, H.K., 1994b. Stable continental region earthquakes. J. Geol. Soc. India 43, 618-619.
11. Gupta, H.K., Dwivedy, K.K., 1996. Drilling at Latur Earthquake Region exposes a Peninsular Gneiss basement - a short communication. J. Geol. Soc. India 47, 129-131.
12. Gupta, H.K., Rastogi, B.K., 1976. Dams and Earthquakes. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 229 pp.
13. Gupta, H.K., Narain, H., Rastogi, B.K., Indra Mohan, 1969. A study of Koyna earthquake of December 10, 1967. Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 59, 1449-1162.
14. Gupta, H.K., Indra Mohan, Narain, H., 1970. The Godavari Valley earthquake sequence of April 1969. Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 60, 601-615.
15. Gupta, H.K., Indra Mohan, Hari Narain, 1972a. The Broach earthquake of March 23, 1970. Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 62, 47-61.
16. Gupta, H.K., Rastogi, B.K., Narain, H., 1972b. Common features of the reservoir associated seismic activities. Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 62, 481-492.
17. Gupta, H.K., Rastogi, B.K., Narain, H., 1972c. Some discriminatory characteristics of earthquakes near Kariba, Kremasta and Koyna artificial lakes. Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 62, 493-507.
18. Gupta, H.K., Mohan, I., Rastogi, B.K., Rao, M.N., Ramakrishna Rao, C.V., 1993. A quick look at the Latur earthquake of 30 September, 1993. Current Sci. India 65 (7), 517-520.
19. Gupta, H.K., Rastogi, B.K., Indra Mohan, Ramakrishna Rao, C.V., Mishra, D.C., Rao, G.V., Rao, R.U.M., Rao, M.N., Chetty, T.R.K., Sarkar, D., Subramanyam, K., Singh, V.S., Sarma, S.V.S., Solomon Raju, P., 1995. Investigations of Latur Earthquake of September 30, 1993. Geol. Surv. India Spec. Publ. 27, 17-40.
20. Indra Mohan, Rao, M.N., 1994. A field study of Latur (India) earthquake of 30th September, 1993. Mem. Geol. Soc. India 35, 7-32.
21. Indra Mohan, Sitaram, M.V.D., Gupta, H.K., 1981. Some recent earthquakes in Peninsular India. J. Geol. Soc. India 22, 292-298.
22. Jodicke, H., 1992. Water and graphite in the earth's crust - an approach to the interpretation of conductivity models. Surv. Geophys. 13, 381-407.
23. Johnston, A.C., 1994a. The stable continental region earthquake database. In: The Earthquakes of Stable Continental Regions: Assessment of Large Earthquakes Potential. EPRI Report TR-102261, Chapter 3, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto.
24. Johnston, A.C., 1994b. Report on the Session on Latur Earthquake at IASPEI XXVII General Assembly by H.K. Gupta. IUGG Chronicle, N 221, April/May 1994, 80 pp.
25. Johnston, A.C., 1994c. Seismotectonic interpretations and conclusions from the stable continental region seismicity database. In: The Earthquakes of Stable Continental Regions: Assessment of Large Earthquake Potential. Report TR-102261, Chapter 4, Electric Power Research Institute, 3412 Hillview Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94304, 80 pp.
26. Liu, J.R., 1984. Earthquake frequency and prediction. Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 74, 255-265.
27. Mogi, K., 1962. On the time distribution of aftershocks accompanying the recent major earthquakes in and near Japan. Bull. Earthquake Res. Inst. 40, 107-124.
28. Ramakrishna Rao, C.V., Raju, P.S., 1996. Study of aftershock activity and source parameters of the Latur Earthquake of September 30, 1993. J. Geol. Soc. India 47, 243-250.
29. Rao, G.V., Reddy, G.K., Rao, R.U.M., Gopalan, K., 1994. Extraordinary Helium anomaly over surface rupture of September 1993 Killari earthquake, India. Current Sci. India 66 (12), 933-936.
30. Rastogi, B.K., 1994. Latur earthquake: not triggered. Mem. Geol. Soc. India 35, 131-138.
31. Rastogi, B.K., Rao, M.N., 1994. After effects of Latur earthquake, smoke/gas emanations and subterranean sounds/microearthquakes. Mem. Geol. Soc. India 35, 139-149.
32. Rastogi, B.K., Chadha, R.K., Raju, I.P., 1986. Seismicity near Bhatsa reservoir, Maharashtra, India. Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 44, 177-199.
33. Rastogi, B.K., Chadha, R.K., Sarma, C.S.P., Mandal, P., Satyanarayana, H.V., Narendra Kumar, Raju, I.P., Satyamurthy, C., Nageswara Rao, A., 1995a. Study of Seismicity Around Koyna-Warna Reservoirs. National Geophysical Research Institute, Uppal Road, Hyderabad-500007, Report No. NGRI-95-SEISM-187, 42 pp.
34. Rastogi, B.K., Chadha, R.K., Sarma, C.S.P., 1995b. Investigations of June 7, 1988 Earthquake of Magnitude 4.5 near Idukki Dam in Southern India. PAGEOPH 145, 109-122.
35. Roberts, A.A., Roen, J.B., 1985. Near-surface helium anomalies associated with faults and gas accumulations in western Pennsylvania. U.S. Geol. Surv. Open-File Rep. 85-46, pp. 1-23.
36. Sarma, S.V.S., Virupakshi, G., Harinarayana, T., Murthy, D.N., Prabhakar, S., Rao, E., Veeraswamy, K., Madhusudhana Rao, Sarma, M.V.C., Gupta, K.R.B., 1994. A wide band magnetotelluric study of the Latur earthquake region, Maharashtra, India. Mem. Geol. Soc. India 35, 101-118.
37. s = 6.4, September 29, 1993 Killari (Latur) earthquake in Central India. NCEER Bull., p. 12.
38. Seeber, L., Ekstrom, G., Jain, S.K., Murty, C.V.R., 1996. The 1993 Killari earthquake in Central India: a new fault in Mesozoic basalt flows?. J. Geophys. Res. 101, 8543-8560.
39. Sundar, A., Roy, S., Rao, G.V., Rao, R.U.M., 1994. Ground temperature measurements at some sites of smoke emanation and bore hole temperature measurement for evaluation of heatflow. Mem. Geol. Soc. India 35, 75-82.
40. Utsu, T., 1961. A statistical study on the occurrence of after shocks. Geophys. Mag. 30, 521-605.
41. Verma, R.K., 1995. Gravity Field, Seismicity and Tectonics of Indian Peninsula and the Himalayas. D. Reidel, Dordrecht, 213 pp.
42. Wakita, H., Fuju, N., Matsuo, S., Notsu, K., Takaoka, N., 1978. 'Helium spots': caused by a diapiric magma from the upper mantle. Science 200, 430-432.
43. Zoback, M.L., et al., 1989. Global patterns of tectonic stress. Nature 341, 291-298.