A Preliminary Results: Study of Crustal Structure in Cimandiri Fault Based on Teleseismic Receiver Function Analysis

Abstract

West Java is one of the regions in Indonesia that has a complex geological structure caused by plate subduction in the south of Java Island. This resulted the formation structure of the main faults in West Java, including the Cimandiri Fault. The high level of seismicity on the Cimandiri Fault is interesting to be further researched to understand the structure of the Earth crustal, such as variations depth of the Moho layer and the determination of local velocity models of P and S waves. This study used receiver function analysis from teleseismic earthquake data with an epicentral distance of 30°-90° from the station location and magnitude ≥ 6. This study used 3 seismic stations belonging to the Meteorological, Climatological, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG) close to the Cimandiri Fault which are Sukabumi station (SKJI), Warung Kiara (WSJM), and Sukaraja (SSJM). The depth of the Moho layer at SKJI station is 34-36 km, WSJM station is 28-30 km, and SSJM station is 29-31 km which is located close to the segment from the Cimandiri Fault. A negative phase or decrease in speed was observed at the SKJI and WSJM stations which is estimated to come from the Cimandiri Fault structure which is at a depth of 17-19 km. Furthermore, the P wave velocity model at the three stations is at an interval of 7.6-8.6 km/s and the S wave velocity model is at an interval of 4.2-4.8 km/s.