2019 Ambon aftershocks catalogue data compiled using local and regional seismic networks

Data Brief. 2021 Jan 9:34:106728. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2021.106728. eCollection 2021 Feb.

Abstract

This article presents earthquake catalogs of the 2019 Ambon aftershocks compiled from regional the Agency for Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics of Indonesia (BMKG) and local seismic networks deployed in [1]. The final earthquake catalogs are comprised of 1009 and 1764 aftershocks compiled from regional [2] and local network [1], respectively, which span the period of October 18th to December 15th, 2019. The range of their spatial region is -3.70o to -3.30o on the latitude and 128.15-128.60o on the longitude. Additionally, focal mechanism solutions of the main Mw 6.5 and its biggest triggered aftershock Mw 5.2 events were acquired. Such datasets could provide a basis for further seismology analysis, including seismic tomography, source mechanism analysis, and further seismic hazard analysis in the Ambon and Seram islands. This paper and its dataset are a companion for a published article in the Tectonophysics under the title "Source Mechanism and Triggered Large Aftershocks of the Mw 6.5 Ambon, Indonesia Earthquake" [1].

Keywords: 2019 Ambon earthquake; Aftershocks; Local seismic network; Seismic catalogs.