interseismic slip-rate of the kuhbanan-lakar kuh faults system: using insar technique

The kuhbanan fault with ~ 300 km length, one of the largest seismogenic faults in the southeast of iran, has caused several catastrophic earthquakes with ms 5-6.2 in 20st-21st centuries (table 1). moreover, the corresponding cross-thrusts were also associated with at least five clusters of medium-magnitude earthquakes. the lakar kuh fault with ~160 kmlength run parallel to the nayband fault (figure 1). the slip-rate of faults and also the spatio-temporal distribution of large-magnitude shallow-depth earthquakes on the kuhbanan-lakar kuh fault system, attain broad concern for seismic hazard assessment (figure 1). the horizontal slip-rate of the kuhbanan fault is estimated ~1–2 mm/yr (walker et al., 2012). furthermore, the total horizontal displacement of the fault is reported ~5–7 km, as determined by the offsetgeological markers (table 2).