Fault rupture in Baribis Fault possibly related to the 1847 major earthquake event in the Cirebon area

Abstract

Baribis Fault is a recently identified active fault known to have thrust movement which located along the northern part of the West Java area. This E-W striking fault runs across high-populated areas, including Cirebon, Indramayu, Sumedang, and Subang area (with a probability of continuing to Jakarta and Banten areas). The last major historical earthquake occurred on November 16th, 1847 around the fault line with a radius of shaking area up to 400 km. The available high-resolution Digital Elevation Model from Geospatial Information Agency, called DEMNAS, has about 7.5-m grid data resolution but still not adequate to be used for identifying fault ruptures of this event. Hence, we conducted an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) 3D Photogrammetry survey flown in the lower latitude (~100-m high) in the suspected sites. This study identified clear fault scarp associated with stream-valley offsets indicating strike-slip movement in the Ujung Jaya subdistrict, Sumedang. The trace of fault rupture has a 5±1-meter sinistral offset. This sharp fault deformation feature is possibly related to the 1847 earthquake in this area. This fact is different from regional morphology, which shows that the Baribis Fault is a thrust. Further study is necessary to get more detailed and precise information.