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UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST
FACULTY OF PHYSICS Guest
2024-11-24 9:38 |
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Conference: Bucharest University Faculty of Physics 2011 Meeting
Section: Atmosphere and Earth Science; Environment Protection
Title:
Analysis of three destructive historical Vrancea earthquakes
Authors:
Maria Rogozea
Affiliation:
National Institute for Earth Physics, Magurele, Romania
E-mail
mrogozea@infp.ro
Keywords:
historical earthquakes, intensity, Vrancea
Abstract:
A few among the most destructive events that occurred in the Vrancea region before modern instrumental monitoring are investigated. The selected historical events (11 June 1738, 26 October 1802 and 25 January 1838) are characterized in the current Romanian catalogue (ROMPLUS) by magnitudes greater than 7.5 producing extreme damage over extended areas in Romania and neighborhood. A comprehensive search for contemporary or compiled historical sources was made in order to quantify the related ground motion effects. Integrating this information and performing comparative analysis among the study events we critically revised the catalogue parameters and discuss the implications on intensity scale calibration for Vrancea events and on seismic hazard assessment.
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