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| Title: | The destructive 1790 Oran (NW Algeria) earthquake in a region of low seismicity |
| Authors: | Buforn, Elisa
Coca, Pilar
Bezzeghoud, Mourad
Udias, Agustin
Bouhadad, Youcef
Mattesini, Maurizio |
| Editors: | Agard, Philippe
Carbonell, Ramon
Chen, Ling
Xiang Li, Zheng
Wang, Kelin |
| Keywords: | Oran 1790 earthquake
Damage
Source parameters |
| Issue Date: | 20-May-2019 |
| Publisher: | Elsevier |
| Citation: | E Buforn, P Coca, M Bezzeghoud, A Udías, Y Bouhadad, M Mattesini, 2019. The destructive 1790 Oran (NW Algeria) earthquake in a region of low seismicity. Tectonophysics 759, 1-14. |
| Abstract: | The Oran earthquake of 9th October 1790 in NW Algeria caused heavy damage in that city, and originated a tsunami observed in Almeria and Cartagena, SE Spain. It occurred in a region of low seismicity in comparison with other regions east of Algeria. The abundant contemporary documentation analysed in the present study, some of it not used previously, confirms a maximum intensity of IX–X (EMS-98) for Oran city. The estimated focal parameters are: origin time 01 h 15 m or 01 h 30 m UT, duration 1-to-2 min, a macroseismic offshore epicentre at 35.9°N, 0.6°W to explain the generation of the tsunami, and estimated magnitude 6.0–6.5. The rupture is complex, formed by two events, and may have been associated with NE-SW oriented thrust faults present in the area. |
| URI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2019.03.008
http://hdl.handle.net/10174/25727 |
| ISSN: | 0040-1951 |
| Type: | article |
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