Coulomb stress analysis of West Halmahera earthquake mw=7.2 to mount Soputan and Gamalama volcanic activities

Abstract

West Halmahera is the convergency of three plates, namely the Philippines plate, the Eurasian plate, and the Pasific plate. The location of the West Halmahera is located in the thress plates, so the Western Halmahera potentially earthquake-prone areas. Some events increased activity of Mount Soputan and Mount Gamalama preceded by a massive earthquake. This research was conducted in the BMKG Region I Medan. This research uses Coulomb Stress Model. Coulomb Stress Model was used to show increasing and decreasing stress consequence from earthquake in the area of West Halmahera. Data such as the earthquake magnitude, earthquake depth, and Focal Mechanism required as input models. The data obtained from BMKG, Global CMT, and PVMBG. The result of data analyzed show an increase in the coulomb stress distribution at Mount Soputan 0.023 bar and 0.007 bar in mountain Gamalama. This stress followed by increased volcanic activity of the mount Soputan and mount Gamalama with freatic eruption type.