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Surface Rupture of the 2005 Kashmir, Pakistan, Earthquake and Its Active Tectonic Implications

Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Central 7, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba 305-8567, Japan

Takashi Nakata

Faculty of Environmental Studies, Hiroshima Institute of Technology, 2-1-1 Miyake, Saeki-ku, Hiroshima, 731-5193, Japan

Hiroyuki Tsutsumi

Department of Geophysics, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan

Hisao Kondo

Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Central 7, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba 305-8567, Japan

Nobuhiko Sugito

Research Center for Seismology, Volcanology, and Disaster Mitigation, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan

Yasuo Awata

Geological Survey of Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Central 7, 1-1-1 Higashi, Tsukuba 305-8567, Japan

Sardar S. Akhtar and Abdul Majid

Geological Survey of Pakistan, Islamabad, Plot No. 84, H-8/1, Islamabad, Pakistan

Waliullah Khattak

Geological Survey of Pakistan, Peshawar, Plot No. 10 & 11, Sector B-1, Phase-5, Hayatabad, Peshawar, Pakistan

Adnan A. Awan

Geological Survey of Pakistan, Islamabad, Plot No. 84, H-8/1, Islamabad, Pakistan

Robert S. Yeats

Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University, 104 Wilkinson Hall, Corvallis, Oregon 97331

Ahmad Hussain and Muhammad Ashraf

Geological Survey of Pakistan, Peshawar, Plot No. 10 & 11, Sector B-1, Phase-5, Hayatabad, Peshawar, Pakistan

Steven G. Wesnousky

Center for Neotectonic Studies, University of Nevada, Reno, 1664 North Virginia, Reno, Nevada 89557

Allah B. Kausar

Geological Survey of Pakistan, Islamabad, Plot No. 84, H-8/1, Islamabad, Pakistan

Online Material: Field photographs and ArcGIS files of surface rupture traces and vertical separations.

To provide a detailed record of a relatively rare thrust surface rupture and examine its active tectonic implications, we have conducted field mapping of the surface rupture associated with the 2005 M_w 7.6 Kashmir earthquake. Despite the difficulty arising from massive earthquake-induced landslides along the surface rupture, we found that typical pressure ridges and warps extend northwestward for a distance of 70 km, with a northeast-side-up vertical separation of up to 7 m. Neither the main frontal thrust nor the main boundary thrust is responsible for the earthquake, but three active faults or fault segments within the Sub-Himalaya, collectively called the Balakot–Bagh fault, compose the causative fault. Although the fault exhibits substantial geomorphic expression of repeated similar surface ruptures, only a part of it had been mapped as active before the earthquake. The location of the hypocenter suggests that the rupture was initiated at a deep portion of the northern–central segment boundary and propagated bilaterally to eventually break all three segments. Our obtained surface rupture traces and the along-strike-slip distribution are both in good agreement with results of prompt analyses of satellite images, indicating that space geodesy can greatly aid in time-consuming field mapping of surface ruptures. Assuming that the extensive fill terrace in the meizoseismal area was abandoned during 10–30 ka, we tentatively estimate the earthquake recurrence interval and shortening rate on the Balakot–Bagh fault to be 1000–3300 yr and 1.4–4.1 mm/yr, respectively. These estimates indicate that the Balakot–Bagh fault is not a main player of Himalayan contraction accommodation. Selected field photographs and ArcGIS files of the mapped surface rupture traces and measured vertical separations are available in the electronic supplement to this article.

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