Analysis of Coulomb Stress of Sumatera Earthquake Against Pyroclastic Flow of Mount Sinabung as Data Prone Volcano Disaster
1 Mechanical Engineering, Universitas HKBP Nommensen Pematangsiantar, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
2 Biology Education, Universitas HKBP Nommensen Pematangsiantar, Pematangsiantar, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
3 Physics Education, Universitas HKBP Nommensen Pematangsiantar, Pematangsiantar, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2022, 13(01), 793–803
Publication history:
Received on 20 December 2021; revised on 29 January 2022; accepted on 30 January 2022
Abstract:
The islands of Sumatra and Sinabung are located southwest of the Sundaland Continent which is a convergence route between the Indian-Australian Plate that infiltrates to the west of the Eurasian/Sundaland Plate. The increase in activity of Mount Sinabung was preceded by large earthquakes to the west and south while the eruption of Mount Sinabung produced pyroclastics. The purpose of this study is to find out the analysis of coulomb stress from the Sumatra Island earthquake to the pyroclastic flow of Sinabung as data on volcanic disasters. This study used the coulomb stress method with coulomb 3.3. The earthquake data analyzed was Mw, depth, and focal mechanism. The results of the analysis in the form of the direction of the spread of stress and the value of increased coulomb stress in Sinabung in 2014-2016. Sinabung's positive stress coulomb value in 2014 was 0.113 bar with a positive coulomb stress spread angle of 90o against sinabung pyroclastic flow. Sinabung's positive stress coulomb value in 2015 was 0.235 bar with a positive coulomb stress spread angle of 90o against sinabung pyroclastic flow. Sinabung's positive stress coulomb value in 2016 was 0.118 bar with a positive coulomb stress spread angle of 90o against sinabung pyroclastic flow. Coulomb stress analysis affects the direction of prioclastic flow by as far as 180o although it is not the same as the results in the field. This is because the peak of Sinabung has landslides in the southeast-south, thus opening a pyroclastic flow road to the southeast-south.
Keywords:
Earthquake; Coulomb Stress; Sinabung; Pyroclastic
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