Analysis of Fault Lines in the City of Manado

Background

The Indonesian region with high seismic activity, Manado City, is situated at the convergence of four major tectonic plates on Earth: the Eurasian Plate, Indo-Australian Plate, Pacific Plate, and Philippine Plate.

Aim

This study aimed to identify the Manado fault line. The Geoelectric PQWT-TC 300 tool was utilized, which could detect up to a depth of 300 meters vertically.

Objective

The research was conducted to analyze and to create a map of the Manado fault line. This study is one of the efforts to mitigate earthquake disasters, which involves constructing earthquake-resistant infrastructure.

Methods

The Manado fault line was measured for 17 lines; each line was 9 to 41m in length, and the result was found to be Manado fault at line 23 Kayuragi-1 and line 70 among the 17 lines.

Results

The depth of the Manado Fault started from 30m to 270m from the surface layer. The resistivity values of fault were 0 Ω.

Conclusion

The present identification of the Manado fault line was close to the previous analysis, and the activity of the Manado fault line has not been detected in the last 1800 years. The present method yielded a better result for the Manado fault line than the previous method.