Seismic hazard assessment of Greenland
Earthquake activity in Greenland has been registered and mapped since 1907 (Larsen et al. 2006) and thus a long (albeit relatively sparse) record of seismic activity is available for evaluation of seismic hazard and risk. Seismic hazard assessment is carried out by judging the probability of future...
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ftjgeusbullet:oai:geusjournals.org:article/4976 2023-05-15T15:33:29+02:00 Seismic hazard assessment of Greenland Voss, Peter Kildegaard Poulsen, Stine Bjerregaard Simonsen, Sebastian Gregersen, Søren 2007-10-12 application/pdf https://geusbulletin.org/index.php/geusb/article/view/4976 https://doi.org/10.34194/geusb.v13.4976 eng eng Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) https://geusbulletin.org/index.php/geusb/article/view/4976/10638 https://geusbulletin.org/index.php/geusb/article/view/4976 doi:10.34194/geusb.v13.4976 GEUS Bulletin; Vol. 13 (2007): Review of Survey activities 2006; 57-60 2597-2154 2597-2162 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Rapid Communication. Peer-reviewed Article. 2007 ftjgeusbullet https://doi.org/10.34194/geusb.v13.4976 2022-03-15T17:22:23Z Earthquake activity in Greenland has been registered and mapped since 1907 (Larsen et al. 2006) and thus a long (albeit relatively sparse) record of seismic activity is available for evaluation of seismic hazard and risk. Seismic hazard assessment is carried out by judging the probability of future earthquakes in a given region and is based on statistic treatment of earthquake data. The determination of the seismic hazard is the first step in an evaluation of seismic risk, i.e. the possible economic costs and loss of human life after an earthquake. The motivation for this seismic hazard study is the registration of four significant earthquakes in Greenland in 2005. The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) received reports of all four earthquakes from residents who had felt the shaking. The 2005 earthquakes were located at or near Qeqertarsuaq on 30 March, Sisimiut on 23 July, Station Nord on 30 August and Attu on 23 October (Fig. 1), with magnitudes on the Richter scale of 4.3, 4.1, 5.1 and 2.5, respectively. The earthquake in Attu led to the inhabitants fleeing in their boats. Article in Journal/Newspaper Attu Greenland Qeqertarsuaq Sisimiut GEUS Bulletin (Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland) Greenland Sisimiut ENVELOPE(-53.674,-53.674,66.939,66.939) Qeqertarsuaq ENVELOPE(-56.867,-56.867,74.400,74.400) Station Nord ENVELOPE(-16.663,-16.663,81.599,81.599) Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) Bulletin 13 57 60 |
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Earthquake activity in Greenland has been registered and mapped since 1907 (Larsen et al. 2006) and thus a long (albeit relatively sparse) record of seismic activity is available for evaluation of seismic hazard and risk. Seismic hazard assessment is carried out by judging the probability of future earthquakes in a given region and is based on statistic treatment of earthquake data. The determination of the seismic hazard is the first step in an evaluation of seismic risk, i.e. the possible economic costs and loss of human life after an earthquake. The motivation for this seismic hazard study is the registration of four significant earthquakes in Greenland in 2005. The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) received reports of all four earthquakes from residents who had felt the shaking. The 2005 earthquakes were located at or near Qeqertarsuaq on 30 March, Sisimiut on 23 July, Station Nord on 30 August and Attu on 23 October (Fig. 1), with magnitudes on the Richter scale of 4.3, 4.1, 5.1 and 2.5, respectively. The earthquake in Attu led to the inhabitants fleeing in their boats. |
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Seismic hazard assessment of Greenland |
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Seismic hazard assessment of Greenland |
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Seismic hazard assessment of Greenland |
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