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Lack of observation network in the vicinity of oceanic intraplate earthquake lead the estimation of coseismic fault slip with high uncertainty. Satriano et al. [2] and Wei et al. [3] found NNE trending left-lateral slip as the primary features. In another hand, Yue et al. [4] and Hill et al. [5] proposed WNW trending right-lateral faults structure as the main characteristic. Here, we investigate the coseismic fault model that could explain the coseismic offset both vertical and horizontal in a 3-D heterogeneous earth structure. We constructed finite element model that include three-dimensional velocity structure, topography/bathymetry, spherical-earth and subducting slab. In this study, we employed scaling slip to adjust slip amount and total seismic moment. Instead of original slip amount, we preserve seismic moment as a basis comparison. Based on vertical and horizontal observation data, WNW trending right-lateral fault could fit better than NNE trending left-lateral fault. The present study demonstrates best-fit calculation using scaling slip optimized to the horizontal or vertical observation lead the both fault model worsen the misfit of vertical or horizontal component, respectively. This result analysis indicates a trade-off between vertical and horizontal component and reflects the importance of revisiting the fault slip modeling incorporating vertical and horizontal data equally.Lack of observation network in the vicinity of oceanic intraplate earthquake lead the estimation of coseismic fault slip with high uncertainty. Satriano et al. [2] and Wei et al. [3] found NNE trending left-lateral slip as the primary features. In another hand, Yue et al. [4] and Hill et al. [5] proposed WNW trending right-lateral faults structure as the main characteristic. Here, we investigate the coseismic fault model that could explain the coseismic offset both vertical and horizontal in a 3-D heterogeneous earth structure. We constructed finite element model that include three-dimensional velocity structure, topography/bathymetry, spherical-earth and subducting slab. In this study, we employed scaling slip to adjust slip amount and total seismic moment. Instead of original slip amount, we preserve seismic moment as a basis comparison. Based on vertical and horizontal observation data, WNW trending right-lateral fault could fit better than NNE trending left-lateral fault. The present study demonstrate...

On April 11, 2012, a Mw 8.6 earthquake struck off the west coast of northern Sumatra approximately 300 km west of the Sunda trench following by Mw 8.2 two hours afterward. The 2012 Indian Ocean Earthquake sequence, which was the largest intraplate earthquake in recorded history, yielded seismic moment of 1.2-1.3 × 1022 N m and 0.2-0.3 × 1022 N m for the main shock (Mw 8.6) and the after shock (Mw 8.2), respectively. Aceh GPS Network for Sumatran Fault System (AGNeSS) observed a predominantly ENE coseismic offset up to 10 cm while the sites on the Andaman Island observed southward and southern part Sumatra GPS Array (SuGar) network observed northward. Limited far-field and inland GPS observation network might lead the homogeneous and half-space model insufficient to explain the coseismic offset. In that of sense, in order to estimate more realistic surface displacement due to complex subduction and far-field GPS station, we consider developing inhomogeneous three-dimensional finite element model incorporate subducting slab, three-dimensional velocity earth structure, realistic topography and bathymetry as well as sphericity of the earth. We calculate coseismic offset by forward modeling using slip distribution as reported from Wei et al. [7]. This study investigates the effect of inhomogeneous structure and spherical geometry model in reproducing actual coseimic offset due to 2012 Indian Ocean Earthquake.