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EMEC Earthquake Catalogue

Description: The EMEC earthquake catalogue is an extension in time and space of the CENEC catalogue (Grünthal et al., 2009, http://doi.org/10.1007/s10950-008-9144-9). It consists of some 45,000 entries in Europe and the Mediterranean area and extends to the west to encompass the North Atlantic Ridge. The criteria are Mw ≥ 3.5 for events with latitude ≥ 44°N and Mw ≥ 4.0 for events with latitude < 44°N, in the time period 1000-2006. Data within the catalogue area can be obtained as ASCII-file through the EMEC Earthquake Catalogue Web Service. This webservice also enables the creation of seismicity maps according to user's specifications. In addition, a list of earthquakes in the time period 300-999 for Mw ≥ 6.0 in the catalogue area with latitude ≤ 40°N and longitude ≥ 10°E is given and a list of fake events in the time period 1000-1799.

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    "10.5880/GFZ.EMEC.001",
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Tags: Geografische Koordinaten ? Metainformationssystem ? Erdbeben ? Europa ? EMEC ? Earthquake catalogue ? European Mediterranean region ? Unified moment magnitude ?

License: Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0

Language: Englisch/English

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Issued: 2012-01-01

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