Long‐term seismicity of Istanbul and of the Marmara Sea region

1991/09/01 by N. N. Ambraseys, Caroline Finkel · 1 voice · 2 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #Marine and environmental studies #earthquake and tectonic studies

paper · doi:10.1111/j.1365-3121.1991.tb00188.x

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Abstract

ABSTRACT We examine the long‐term seismicity of the Marmara Sea region in Turkey over a period of twenty centuries to attempt to answer two questions: (1) how well recorded in history is the earthquake activity of this region? and (2) does seismicity over this long period of time differ from that over the present century? We study this densely‐populated and fast‐developing region because it is one of the most tectonically active regions on the continents that appears today to be relatively quiescent.

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• Engineering seismology: Part II
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• 14 December 557 22:00 UT M6.9 earthquake off the northern coast of the Sea of Marmara, Turkey, hit Istanbul (Constantinopla), destroying city walls and buildings and killing many people. Nearby towns, [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]

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