TITLE:
Fault-Plane Solution of the Earthquake of 19 March 2005 in Monatele (Cameroon)
AUTHORS:
Eric N. Ndikum, Charles T. Tabod, Alain-Pierre K. Tokam, Bernard Z. Essimbi
KEYWORDS:
Earthquake, Monatele, Epicenter, Fault Plane Solution, Strike-Slip Fault, Normal Faulting, Component
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Geology,
Vol.4 No.6,
June
23,
2014
ABSTRACT: An earthquake of
magnitude Ml = 3.04 was detected on the 19 of March 2005 at 11:49:18.31 (local
time) by seven broadband seismometers located around Cameroon (Central Africa).
Its epicenter has been relocated and found to be in Monatele (Cameroon) with
latitude 4°26.34' and longitude 10°59.62'. The fault-plane
solution calculated using double couple fault-plane solutions based on P-wave
polarity readings, also taking into consideration the dextral nature of the
Sanaga Fault (SF) underlying this region of the epicenter, is a strike-slip
fault with a normal faulting component. The beach ball representation of this
fault-plane solution has strike, dip and rake values of 289, 70, -169 for the
principal fault plane and 195, 80, -20 for the auxiliary fault plane.