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    This document summarizes a study on the seismic activity of the Indus-Darband fault near the Tarbela Dam project in Pakistan. The Tarbela Dam is located in a seismically active region due to the convergence of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates. There are three groups of active faults that control seismicity in the area, including the Indus-Darband fault. The Indus-Darband fault passes below the Tarbela Main Embankment dam and continues over 30 km north of Tarbela. Seismic monitoring data indicates the fault is responsible for 12% of seismic activity in the Tarbela zone and has generated two earthquakes attributed to reservoir induced seismicity from the Tar

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    This document summarizes a study on the seismic activity of the Indus-Darband fault near the Tarbela Dam project in Pakistan. The Tarbela Dam is located in a seismically active region due to the convergence of the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates. There are three groups of active faults that control seismicity in the area, including the Indus-Darband fault. The Indus-Darband fault passes below the Tarbela Main Embankment dam and continues over 30 km north of Tarbela. Seismic monitoring data indicates the fault is responsible for 12% of seismic activity in the Tarbela zone and has generated two earthquakes attributed to reservoir induced seismicity from the Tar

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    International Conference on: Earth Sciences Pakistan 15-17 July, 2016

    Seismic studies of lndus-Darband fault near Tarbela Dam Project


    N adeem ul Haq and Syed Kazim Mehdi
    Directorate of Seismic Studies, WAPDA, Tarbela Dam Project, Pakistan
    [email protected]
    Abstract

    Tarbela Dam is a multipurpose Project located on the Indus River about 70 km. NW off
    Islamabad. It consists of a Main Embankment Dam (MED), twoAuxiliary Dams, two Spillways,
    and a Power Station. Its MED has a crest length of2.75 km and maximum height of 143 meters.
    Tarbela Reservoir has an area ofabout 100 sq. km., with a maximum depth ofaround 130 meters and
    gross capacity of 13.7 km3 • The Tarbela Dam is located in a seismically active region associated
    with the convergence of the Indian and Eurasian crustal plates along the Himalayan mountain
    ranges. The general tectonic structure of the continental margins at the Himalayan Arc is inferred
    from various regional seismotectonic studies and data from Micro Seismic Monitoring System
    (MSMS) ofTarbela operating since August 1973. There are three distinct groups of active faults
    controlling the seismicity ofDamsite and surrounding area ofHazaraArc: (1) basement faults, (2)
    Detachment, and (3) faults within the sedimentary wedge.

    The Indus Darband Fault is one of the steeply dipping faults in the Indus Valley System. It
    passes below the Tarbela Main Embankment Dam on the right side ofthe valley, where it forms a 215
    meters near vertical escarpment in the Dam foundation, and continues more than thirty km. North of
    Tarbela. Its direction ofrelative displacement is left-lateral strike-slip.Tarbela MSMS data indicates
    that 12 % of total seismic activity ofTarbela Seismic Zone is contributed by the Indus-Darband
    Fault. Micro seismic activity (M:::; 3.0) is dominant (93 %) while mostly the seismic events (70 %)
    are concentrated within a shallow zone of thirty km. Two earthquakes generated along the Indus
    Darband Fault (ML= 5.1 and 5.2) have been attributed to the Reservoir Induced Seismicity (RIS)
    due to Tarbela Reservoir. Maximum acceleration value recorded at Tarbela Dam Project ('g' = 0.27)
    was also due to an earthquake generated by Indus Darband Fault.

    Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences (Abstract Volume) 42

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