Hammam Melouane Sequence (2013-2016) for Faults Identification by Remote Sensing

During the 2013 to 2016 period, the Hammam Melouane region was the theatre of three recorded earthquakes, highlighting persistent seismic activity and suggesting the presence of asperities likely to trigger significant earthquakes. The purpose of this work is to map lineaments in order to isolate main fault of Hammam Melouane based on remote sensing images processing of the southern edge of the Mitidja basin. The obtained map shows areas of high structural density trended toward the N-S, NE-SW and NW-SE overlap and confirm the directions of all the events of the recorded seismic sequence, and as well as those of the focal mechanisms of the three main shocks recorded in the region from 2013 to 2016.