The 2022 Hormozgan doublet earthquakes: Two blind thrusts-related
folding in Zagros fold-and-thrust belt, Southeast Iran
Abstract
A doublet earthquakes event including two main shocks with a magnitude
larger than Mw 6.0 occurred on 1 July, 2022 in the Zagros
fold-and-thrust belt, southeast Iran. The coseismic InSAR deformation
field shows that this event caused significant surface uplift due to
fault-related folding in the seismic zone. The estimated preferred
faulting model suggests that a higher dip angle fault (maximum slip of
~1.1 m), and an overlying gentle dipping fault (maximum
slip of ~1.2 m) within the Bandar-e-Lengeh Anticline,
are responsible for the first and second main shocks, respectively. The
calculated Coulomb failure stress change suggests that the first main
shock has a significantly positive triggering effect in the second main
shock. The coseismic deformation due to this doublet earthquakes is
equal to the accumulated interseismic deformation for the past
~104 years. Finally, the salt diapir activity may affect
the generation of the earthquake in the seismic zone.