Original scientific paper

Seismicity of Croatia in the period 1993-1996 and the Ston-Slano earthquake of 1996

Snježana Markušić
Davorka Herak
Ines Ivančić
Ivica Sović
Marijan Herak
Eduard Prelogović

Abstract

Seismic activity in Croatia and surrounding areas in the 1993-1996 period was mostly confined to the previously identified seismically active areas. Nine events (excluding aftershocks) with the magnitude equal to or exceeding 4.5 occurred during that time. The most important earthquake sequence is the one that started on September 5, 1996 (Ml=6.0, Imax=VIII MSK) in the Ston-Slano area (greater Dubrovnik region). Microseismic locations of hypocentres of thousands of aftershocks, as well as the best double-couple CMT solution for the main-shock indicate that the earthquakes occurred on the NW-SE striking reverse fault system dipping towards NE.

Keywords

Seismicity; Croatia; Ston-Slano earthquake

Hrčak ID:

17774

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/17774

Publication date:

1.12.1998.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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