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Seismicity of Polish Part of the Western Carpathians in the Light of Recent Data

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This chapter presents our up-to-date knowledge on seismicity of the Polish part of the Western Carpathians. It also gives a list of seismic sites and description of measurement procedures applied in the discussed region thus far. We mainly focus on seismicity of the Podhale region, the Pieniny Klippen Belt and the Beskids. At the moment there are 5 seismic stations in the Podhale region, which record the permanent weak seismic activity at the level of 0.5 ≤ ML ≤ 2.3. In this paper we estimated the completeness of catalogs and the distribution of magnitude exceedance probability for events in the Podhale region.

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Acknowledgments

The project Monitoring of Seismic Hazard of Territory of Poland (MSHTP) was carried by the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, in the period 2007–2012 on the order of the Ministry of the Environment and financed from funds of the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management (contract No. 445/2007/Wn-07/F6-bp-tx/D).

The project Permanent Geodynamical Monitoring of Poland—stage I (PGMP-I) is carried by the Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, in the period 2013—2015 on the order of the Polish Geological Institute—National Research Institute (contract No. E2-240-67-2013). This work was partially supported within statutory activities No 3841/E-41/S/2014 of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland.

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    Beata Plesiewicz & Jan Wiszniowski

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  1. Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

    Barbara Guterch

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    Jan Kozák

Appendixes

Appendixes

Appendix A: List of seismic stations in the Western Carpathians—Monitoring of Seismic Hazard on the Territory of Poland project (in alphabetical order)

No.

Station code

Place

Registration period

Latitude [°N]

Longitude [°E]

1

AWRA

Ciche

2008.06.17–2008.08.10

49.40

19.87

2

BLAT

Błatnia

2009.05.06–2009.10.02

49.75

18.94

3

BOBR

Bóbrka

2008.09.09–2010.05.19

49.62

21.71

4

CICH

Ciche

2008.08.11–2012.12.31

49.39

19.87

5

DUKL

Dukla

2008.06.19–2008.08.06

49.52

21.68

6

DZIA

Dzianisz

2010.10.27–2012.12.31

49.32

19.84

7

FLOR

Florynka

2008.06.18–2008.09.04

49.55

20.98

8

GLAD

Gładyszów

2009.10.26–2010.01.09

49.53

21.29

9

GLIN

Glinka

2009.09.17–2010.04.14

49.46

19.18

10

HOLU

Hołuczków

2008.07.17–2010.06.08

49.58

22.33

11

JAWO

Jaworki-Biała Woda

2008.06.18–2008.07.20

49.41

20.57

12

LABO

Łabowa

2008.09.10–2010.05.19

49.52

20.83

13

LUTW

Lutowiska

2008.07.18–2010.05.31

49.24

22.69

14

OSIE

Osiek Jasielski

2008.06.19–2008.09.03

49.64

21.49

15

PAGO

Pagorzyna

2008.09.09–2010.05.27

49.69

21.33

16

POTK

Potok

2010.10.26–2012.12.31

49.36

20.16

17

RACL

Racławice

2008.08.07–2008.08.30

49.75

21.18

18

ROPK

Ropki

2008.08.09–2010.06.01

49.46

21.13

19

RYCH

Rychwałdek

2008.11.01–2009.05.05

49.68

19.28

20

RYC2

Rychwałdek

2009.05.05–2010.05.17

49.68

19.28

21

RZEP

Rzepedź

2008.07.19–2010.05.31

49.39

22.10

22

SCWK

Szczawnik

2008.08.09–2008.10.29

49.38

20.87

23

SIER

Sierockie

2008.08.11–2012.12.31

49.36

19.96

24

SKAW

Skawica

2008.07.20–2010.05.12

49.65

19.66

25

STBY

Stare Bystre

2008.07.20–2012.12.31

49.43

19.94

26

STRO

Stronie

2008.09.13–2010.06.01

49.62

20.53

27

SWIA

Światkowa Wielka

2008.08.08–2008.09.04

49.54

21.42

28

SZKL

Szklary

2008.08.07–2010.05.31

49.47

21.81

29

WILC

Wilczyce

2008.08.11–2010.05.31

49.67

20.18

30

ZAGR

Zagórze

2008.07.21–2010.06.16

49.83

19.55

31

ZAWO

Zawoja

2008.06.17–2008.07.20

49.64

19.53

32

ZDYN

Zdynia

2009.09.30–2009.10.26

49.49

21.27

33

ZEGI

Żegiestów

2008.10.29–2010.05.31

49.37

20.79

Appendix B: List of seismic stations in the Western Carpathians—Permanent Geodynamical Monitoring of Poland—stage I project (in alphabetical order)

No.

Station code

Place

Registration from

Latitude [°N]

Longitude [°E]

1

BOBR

Bóbrka

2013.11.20

49.62

21.71

2

CICH

Ciche

2013.08.27

49.39

19.87

3

DURS

Dursztyn

2013.08.27

49.41

20.19

4

DZIA

Dzianisz

2013.08.27

49.32

19.84

5

FALS

Falsztyn

2013.08.27

49.42

20.28

6

HARK

Harklowa

2013.08.27

49.48

20.18

7

KACW

Kacwin

2013.08.27

49.36

20.30

8

MANI

Maniowy

2013.08.27

49.45

20.28

9

POTK

Potok

2013.08.27

49.36

20.16

10

ROPK

Ropki

2013.11.19

49.46

20.16

11

SIER

Sierockie

2013.08.27

49.36

19.96

12

STBY

Stare Bystre

2013.08.27

49.43

19.94

13

STOD

Kluszkowce

2013.08.27

49.44

20.29

14

TRBS

Trybsz

2013.08.27

49.42

20.12

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Plesiewicz, B., Wiszniowski, J. (2015). Seismicity of Polish Part of the Western Carpathians in the Light of Recent Data. In: Guterch, B., Kozák, J. (eds) Studies of Historical Earthquakes in Southern Poland. GeoPlanet: Earth and Planetary Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15446-6_4

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