Overview
- New compilation of historic earthquakes in Poland
- Includes macroseismic intensity maps
- Reveals the seismicity pattern in Poland
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences (GEPS)
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book examines old and new data on some of the 18th and 19th century earthquakes that either occurred or were clearly felt in southern regions of Poland. Particular emphasis is put on a detailed study and reinterpretation of the unusually severe Outer Western Carpathians earthquake on December 3, 1786 (7 I0, 5.3 Mw, 35 km depth), which was the last in a series of seismic events in the years 1785 and 1786. An assessment is also made of what we presently know about the seismicity of the Western Carpathians in Poland based on to instrumental data. The book also presents material relating to earthquakes of 6-9 I0 that affected south Poland and the surrounding regions: Žilina in Slovakia (1858), Gera in Thuringia (1872), the Sudetes on the Czech-Polish border (1883, 1901), and Lower Silesia, Poland (1895). These are analyzed and illustrated by 17 contemporary macroseismic intensity maps, some of which are considered to be remarkable for those times. A new seismic catalog for Poland is provided with amendments and updates up to the end of 2014. Noteworthy is the data on two unforeseen events: one about 60 km NE of the Polish border in 2004 and one in central Poland in 2012. It shows how important it is, not least for practical engineering purposes, to perform seismic monitoring even in seemingly aseismic regions.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Studies of Historical Earthquakes in Southern Poland
Book Subtitle: Outer Western Carpathian Earthquake of December 3, 1786, and First Macroseismic Maps in 1858-1901
Editors: Barbara Guterch, Jan Kozák
Series Title: GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15446-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-15445-9Published: 31 March 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36649-4Published: 06 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-15446-6Published: 21 March 2015
Series ISSN: 2190-5193
Series E-ISSN: 2190-5207
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 179
Number of Illustrations: 12 b/w illustrations, 33 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geophysics/Geodesy, Historical Geology, Natural Hazards
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