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Implications of the 2003 Bingöl Earthquake for the Interaction between the North and East Anatolian Faults

¹ GeoForschung Zentrum
Telegrafenberg
D 14473 Potsdam
Germany
 (C.M., H.G., R.W., H.-U.W., J.Z.)

² AFET Isleri
Bayinderlik ve Iskan
Eskisehir Yolu 10 km
Ludumlu, Ankara
Turkey
 (S.K., S.Z.)

Aftershocks of the magnitude M_w 6.4 Bingöl earthquake of 1 May 2003 (eastern Turkey) were monitored by a local temporary seismic network. The spatial distribution of the aftershocks shows that the earthquake did not occur on the left-lateral East Anatolian fault, but perpendicular to it along a north-northwest-striking right-lateral fault. The event ruptured an area of 20 km by 8 km, but did not reach the Earth’s surface. The aftershocks of the 2003 Bingöl earthquake and those of the 1992 Erzincan earthquake seem to indicate the existence of a new seismically active right-lateral shear zone. Indeed, we show that historical earthquakes along both the North and East Anatolian fault led to positive changes in Coulomb failure stress for north-northwest-oriented right-lateral strike-slip faults in the Bingöl epicentral area. Moreover, the existence of such faults is supported by remote-sensing data.

Online material: Fault geometry and aftershock data near Bingöl.