DETERMINING THE PARAMETERS OF EARTHQUAKE SOURCES IN SOUTH AMERICA FROM MACROSEISMIC INTENSITY DATA (CERESIS DATABASE)

In the past decades many different procedures have been made to handle the historical data for the determination of the earthquake source parameters. This has been only possible dealing with historical data interpreted and compiled as Intensity Data Points (IDP). One of the most interesting tools is...

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Main Authors: Gómez Capera Augusto A., Leschiutta Ilaria
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2004-06-01
Series:Earth Sciences Research Journal
Online Access:http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/esrj/article/view/21255
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author Gómez Capera Augusto A.
Leschiutta Ilaria
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description In the past decades many different procedures have been made to handle the historical data for the determination of the earthquake source parameters. This has been only possible dealing with historical data interpreted and compiled as Intensity Data Points (IDP). One of the most interesting tools is the Boxer algorithm, a parameterisation method that computes the parameters of the earthquake source in terms of latitude and longitude of the epicentre, magnitude of the event, length, width and azimuth of the box, which represent the surface projection of the sismogenic source. Applying the Boxer algorithm we have used intensity data points available from the CERESIS database (earthquakes with I0 ≥ 8MM) to obtain a preliminary idea of the possible sources of some historical earthquakes of the South-American region. At a first approach to the South-American historical seismicity we generally can affirm that our results agree fairly well with seismological data and geological background as reported in literature.
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spelling doaj.art-371470758d644ff98ea03582132c91242022-12-22T02:46:53ZengUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaEarth Sciences Research Journal1794-61902004-06-01811018DETERMINING THE PARAMETERS OF EARTHQUAKE SOURCES IN SOUTH AMERICA FROM MACROSEISMIC INTENSITY DATA (CERESIS DATABASE)Gómez Capera Augusto A.Leschiutta IlariaIn the past decades many different procedures have been made to handle the historical data for the determination of the earthquake source parameters. This has been only possible dealing with historical data interpreted and compiled as Intensity Data Points (IDP). One of the most interesting tools is the Boxer algorithm, a parameterisation method that computes the parameters of the earthquake source in terms of latitude and longitude of the epicentre, magnitude of the event, length, width and azimuth of the box, which represent the surface projection of the sismogenic source. Applying the Boxer algorithm we have used intensity data points available from the CERESIS database (earthquakes with I0 ≥ 8MM) to obtain a preliminary idea of the possible sources of some historical earthquakes of the South-American region. At a first approach to the South-American historical seismicity we generally can affirm that our results agree fairly well with seismological data and geological background as reported in literature.http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/esrj/article/view/21255
spellingShingle Gómez Capera Augusto A.
Leschiutta Ilaria
DETERMINING THE PARAMETERS OF EARTHQUAKE SOURCES IN SOUTH AMERICA FROM MACROSEISMIC INTENSITY DATA (CERESIS DATABASE)
Earth Sciences Research Journal
title DETERMINING THE PARAMETERS OF EARTHQUAKE SOURCES IN SOUTH AMERICA FROM MACROSEISMIC INTENSITY DATA (CERESIS DATABASE)
title_full DETERMINING THE PARAMETERS OF EARTHQUAKE SOURCES IN SOUTH AMERICA FROM MACROSEISMIC INTENSITY DATA (CERESIS DATABASE)
title_fullStr DETERMINING THE PARAMETERS OF EARTHQUAKE SOURCES IN SOUTH AMERICA FROM MACROSEISMIC INTENSITY DATA (CERESIS DATABASE)
title_full_unstemmed DETERMINING THE PARAMETERS OF EARTHQUAKE SOURCES IN SOUTH AMERICA FROM MACROSEISMIC INTENSITY DATA (CERESIS DATABASE)
title_short DETERMINING THE PARAMETERS OF EARTHQUAKE SOURCES IN SOUTH AMERICA FROM MACROSEISMIC INTENSITY DATA (CERESIS DATABASE)
title_sort determining the parameters of earthquake sources in south america from macroseismic intensity data ceresis database
url http://www.revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/esrj/article/view/21255
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