Large Earthquakes and Active Faulting in the Gafsa-Metlaoui Region (South Tunisia): Implications on the Seismic Hazard Assessment

Abstract

The main purpose of this work is to estimate the seismic hazard and earthquake occurrence rates from the characterization and modeling the active fault parameters in southern Tunisia. The aim is to determine the slip rate of faults which are capable of generating large magnitude earthquakes (Mw > 6) and to characterize the annual occurrence rates generated by these faults. This is considered as an alternative to standard models based on seismicity catalogs.