An earthquake catalogue (2200 B.C. to 2013) for seismotectonic and seismic hazard assessment studies in Egypt

Of all natural hazards, earthquakes are those which historically have caused the most extensive impact and disruption in terms of damage to infrastructure, human-casualties and economic losses. They are the expression of a continuing evolution of the Earth Planet and a reshaping of the Earth’s surfa...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Sawires, R., Peláez, J.A., Fat-Helbary, R.E., Ibrahim, H.A.
Tipo de documento: livro
Data de publicação:2016
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Jaén
Repositório:RUJA. Repositorio Institucional de la Producción Científica de la Universidad de Jaén
OAI Identifier:oai:ruja.ujaen.es:10953/6891
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/10953/6891
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Seismicity
Earthquake catalog
Seismic hazard
Seismotectonics
Egypt
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Resumo:Of all natural hazards, earthquakes are those which historically have caused the most extensive impact and disruption in terms of damage to infrastructure, human-casualties and economic losses. They are the expression of a continuing evolution of the Earth Planet and a reshaping of the Earth’s surface. They are the most deadly of all natural disasters affecting the human environment. Every year more than one million earthquakes shake different regions of the world, some so feeling and gentle that only the most sensitive instruments can detect the motion, and others so violent that whole communities are shattered and large sections of terrain are shifted in this process that can start landslides, block rivers, cause floods, and set massive sea waves surging across the oceans.