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The 1940 Vrancea Earthquake. Issues, Insights and Lessons Learnt pp 267–283Cite as

Comparison of Three Major Historical Earthquakes with Three Recent Earthquakes

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The macroseismic effects of three major events recorded in historical time (1738, 1802, 1838) are re-evaluated and compared with three major events recorded in the 20th century in the Vrancea subcrustal source (1940, 1977, 1986). The purpose of the paper is to detect characteristic resemblances and differences in the macroseismic distributions among the study earthquakes. They provide important clues in assessing focal depth interval and specific directivity effects of the sources produced in historical times. Certainly, extension of such information to historical earthquakes will contribute essentially to improve the reliability of seismic hazard evaluation.

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Acknowledgements

The work was part of the SHARE project (Seismic Hazard Harmonization in Europe, www.share-eu.org). The results of the paper were partly included in the project PN 09 - 30-0102 of the Nucleu Program of the National Authority for Scientific Research and Innovation.

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    Maria Rogozea, Mircea Radulian, Mihaela Popa, Daniel Nistor Paulescu, Eugen Oros & Cristian Neagoe

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Rogozea, M., Radulian, M., Popa, M., Paulescu, D.N., Oros, E., Neagoe, C. (2016). Comparison of Three Major Historical Earthquakes with Three Recent Earthquakes. In: Vacareanu, R., Ionescu, C. (eds) The 1940 Vrancea Earthquake. Issues, Insights and Lessons Learnt. Springer Natural Hazards. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29844-3_18

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