A preliminary note on the macroseismic intensity re-evaluation of the 11 June 1895 central Silesia earthquake, Southwestern Poland

0503244 - ÚSMH 2019 RIV GR eng C - Conference Paper (international conference)
Sana, Hamid - Štěpančíková, Petra - Szameitat, Annika
A preliminary note on the macroseismic intensity re-evaluation of the 11 June 1895 central Silesia earthquake, Southwestern Poland.
Proceedings of the 9th International INQUA Workshop on Paleoseismology, ActiveTectonics and Archeoseismology 25‐27June 2018 Possidi, Greece. Thessaloniki: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 2018 - (Koukousioura, O.; Chatzipetros, A.), s. 245-246
[International INQUA Workshop on Paleoseismology, ActiveTectonics and Archeoseismology /9./. Possidi (GR), 25.06.2018-27.06.2018]
Institutional support: RVO:67985891
Keywords : Historical earthquake * Macroseismic intensity * Intraplate deformation
OECD category: Geology
http://www.earthquakegeology.com/materials/proceedings/2018_Possidi.pdf

Although earthquakes in slowly-deforming intraplate regions like Poland are not as frequent or of high intensity as at the plate boundaries. However, few low to moderate intensity earthquakes have been reported to have shaken different regions of Poland in the 19th century. We present a preliminary intensity re-evaluation of one of these earthquakes-the 11 June 1895 mid Silesia earthquake, Southwestern Poland. The intensity revelation in MMI scale was done using detailed reports (in German) collected from different towns and villages of the mid Silesia region soon after the earthquake. The highest intensity on the MMI scale is evaluated to be 7 in two important towns' viz. Strezelin and Ziebice.
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