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Table 2 Showing seismicity parameters, magnitude of completeness (Mc) and mmax of all the major faults in and around the Kashmir basin from Sana and Nath (2017)

From: A probabilistic approach to the seismic hazard in Kashmir basin, NW Himalaya

Fault

Starting year of catalogue

a-value (entire time period)

b-value

M c

mmax (± 0.28)

ITSZ

1965

4.99

0.70 ± 0.04

3.8 ± 0.03

7.6

HTS

1966

8.48

1.43 ± 1.17

4.5 ± 0.44

7.2

Jhelum

1965

6.16

1.09 ± 0.53

4.1 ± 0.23

7.0

Karakorum

1937

5.10

0.80 ± 0.14

4.0 ± 0.24

7.5

Kishtwar

1967

6.31

1.10 ± 0.98

3.9 ± 0.37

6.8

MBT

1945

4.38

0.50 ± 0.07

3.3 ± 0.28

7.4

Panjal thrust

1963

4.38

0.50 ± 0.07

3.3 ± 0.28

7.4

MMT

1937

7.38

1.15 ± 0.13

4.5 ± 0.11

7.7

Reasi thrust

1970

4.79

1.01 ± 0.15

3.5 ± 0.42

7.0

MCT

1947

3.96

0.53 ± 0.03

3.0 ± 0.11

7.2