Tectonic Implications of Microseismic Activity and Fault Plane Solutions around Izmir City

Western Anatolia is one of the most seismically active and expeditiously extending regions in the world. The large-scale deformation in the Western Anatolia is dominated by the collision of the African and Arabian plates with Eurasia. This collision causes a westward migration of the Anatolian block from the east to the Aegean Sea in the west. Izmir city is the capital of Aegean region, and also 3rd biggest city of Turkey with its more than 4 millions inhabitants. This study aims to reveal present micro-seismic activity and seismotectonic features obtained from a local-scale accelerometric array.