Earthquakes and seismic hazard in Finland

T Ahjos, J Saari, E Penttilä, H Korhonen - Engineering geology, 1984 - Elsevier
In this paper the seismicity of Finland has been re-evaluated on the basis of a new regional
magnitude scale, which gives somewhat lower magnitude values than the previously used …

The 1978 earthquake sequence near Thessaloniki (northern Greece)

C Soufleris, JA Jackson, GCP King… - Geophysical Journal …, 1982 - academic.oup.com
This paper presents a detailed study of teleseismically and locally recorded foreshocks and
aftershocks of the 1978 Thessaloniki earthquake sequence and discusses the relations …

The Borgarfjördur earthquakes of 1974 in west Iceland

P Einarsson, FW Klein… - Bulletin of the …, 1977 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
abstract The earthquakes of 1974 in Borgarfördur occurred west of the mid-Atlantic plate
boundary in Iceland. The earthquake sequence lasted more than 2 months and was a …

Tectonic stress regimes, rift extension and transform motion: the South Iceland Seismic Zone

F Bergerat, J Angelier, S Verrier - Geodinamica Acta, 1999 - Elsevier
The South Iceland Seismic Zone (SISZ) is located at the junction of three rift segments in
southwestern Iceland. The presence of different types of faulting and of differently orientated …

[PDF][PDF] Intraplate earthquakes in Scandinavia and Greenland. Neotectonics or postglacial uplift

S Gregersen - J. Ind. Geophys. Union, 2006 - iguonline.in
Even if the intraplate areas of Scandinavia and Greenland have only experienced small
earthquakes within the time of human tale, we can learn 4 lessons from these regions. In a …

The Kaliningrad, West Russia earthquakes on the 21st of September 2004—Surprise events in a very low-seismicity area

ES Husebye, P Mäntyniemi - Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 2005 - Elsevier
The earthquakes in Kaliningrad, West Russia on the 21st of September 2004 were
unexpected in a seismically quiet area. The main shock of magnitude mb= 5 was widely felt …

Directional effects of tectonic fractures on ground motion site amplification from earthquake and ambient noise data: a case study in South Iceland

F Panzera, B Halldorsson, K Vogfjörð - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake …, 2017 - Elsevier
The geology of SW-Iceland is characterized by alternating basaltic lava units, hyaloclastite
formations, postglacial sedimentary filled valleys and alluvial plains, as well as highly …

Surface effects of triggered fault slip on Reykjanes Peninsula, SW Iceland

AE Clifton, C Pagli, JF Jónsdóttir, K Eythorsdóttir… - Tectonophysics, 2003 - Elsevier
Three large earthquakes (Mw> 4.5) were triggered within 5 min, 85 km west of a Mw 6.5
earthquake in the South Iceland Seismic Zone (SISZ). We report on surface effects of these …

Postseismic deformation following the June 2000 earthquake sequence in the south Iceland seismic zone

T Árnadóttir, S Jónsson, FF Pollitz… - … Research: Solid Earth, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
We observe postseismic deformation on two spatiotemporal scales following Mw= 6.5
earthquakes in the south Iceland seismic zone on 17 and 21 June 2000. We see a rapidly …

Response to 'A statistical evaluation of a 'stress-forecast'earthquake'by T. Seher & IG Main

S Crampin, T Volti, R Stefánsson - Geophysical Journal …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Seher & Main claim to make a statistical evaluation of successful stress-forecast of the time
and magnitude of an earthquake in SW Iceland. A statistical evaluation of the data would be …