A Detailed Earthquake Catalog for Banda Arc–Australian Plate Collision Zone Using Machine‐Learning Phase Picker and an Automated Workflow

TitleA Detailed Earthquake Catalog for Banda Arc–Australian Plate Collision Zone Using Machine‐Learning Phase Picker and an Automated Workflow
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2022
AuthorsJiang, C, Zhang, P, White, MCA, Pickle, R, Miller, MS
JournalThe Seismic Record
Volume2
Pagination1-10
Date Published01
ISSN2694-4006
Abstract

The tectonic setting of Timor–Leste and Eastern Indonesia comprises of a complex transition from oceanic lithosphere subduction to arc‐continental collision. To better understand the deformation and convergent‐zone structure of the region, we derive a new catalog of earthquake hypocenters and magnitudes from a temporary deployment of five years of continuous seismic data using an automated processing procedure. This includes a machine‐learning phase picker, EQTransformer, and a sequential earthquake association and location workflow. We detect and locate ∼19,000 events during 2014–2018, which demonstrates that it is possible to characterize earthquake sequences from raw seismic data using a well‐trained machine‐learning picker for a complex convergent plate setting. This study provides the most complete catalog available for the region for the duration of the temporary deployment, which includes a complex pattern of crustal events across the collision zone and into the back‐arc, as well as abundant deep slab seismicity.

URLhttps://doi.org/10.1785/0320210041
DOI10.1785/0320210041