Abstract

AbstractApplying distributed seismicity models for seismic hazard analysis requires postulating the styles of faulting and nodal planes for anticipated earthquakes. Here, we present a model describing focal mechanisms, or more specifically, strike, dip, and rake angles, for the ruptures of shallow (hypocentral depth ≤40 km) crustal earthquakes in Aotearoa New Zealand. This model is based on delineations of neotectonic domains and analysis of pre-existing datasets, including an active fault database, geological map-based fault datasets, the New Zealand Community Fault Model, and a regional moment tensor catalog. We demonstrate that the focal mechanism model is broadly consistent with the regional moment tensor catalog, with respect to spatial distributions of P and T axes and in terms of the Kagan angle. This characterization of focal mechanisms complements the distributed seismicity component of the New Zealand National Seismic Hazard Model 2022.

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