Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment of Palghar District, Maharashtra, India by considering spatially non-uniform seismicity
Abstract
The Palghar district of Maharashtra has recently received attention because of frequent occurrences of earthquakes in its vicinity in the last few years since November, 2018. The district area falls under seismic zone III, as per the seismic zonation map of India. As the recent earthquake activities have been preceded by many major seismic events in the region, it necessitates to re-evaluate the level of seismic hazard of the area in a reliable and realistic way. With this aim in mind, the probabilistic seismic hazard map of Palghar district with regard to 5% damped Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) and Pseudo Spectral Acceleration (PSA) at 0.2 s and 1.0 s for 10% and 2% probability of exceedance (PoE) in 50 years at engineering bedrock level is presented. The estimation of hazard are performed in a finer grid resolution of 0.02 deg X 0.02 deg and takes into consideration the nonuniform distribution of earthquake probability within a seismic source zone (SSZ) and data-driven selection of appropriate Ground Motion Prediction Equations (GMPEs). The spatial variation of the hazard maps, reflected in he final results, demonstrates notable improvements over the earlier studies.
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