Near-surface resistivity imaging using resistivity Tomography in some most impacted areas due to the 2018 Earthquake in North Lombok Island

Abstract

The Lombok earthquake in July 2018 caused considerable damage to public facilities and residential areas. Most of the houses in the north of the island of Lombok were damaged by the 6.9 magnitude earthquake. We want to know what parameters cause houses and buildings in North Lombok not to experience a severe liquefaction process. We used near-surface tomographic resistivity imaging to characterize the subsurface of North Lombok to map the subsurface of the most affected areas in North Lombok. The geological condition of northern Lombok is the most vulnerable area to liquefaction due to volcanic loose sand layers, shallow groundwater, and thick deposits. However, almost all subsurface images from resistivity tomography from North Lombok show limestone layers at shallow depths, which may play an important role as a protective layer from liquefaction phenomena in this area.