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Erratum to: Seismic intensity zoning and earthquake risk mapping in Iraq

✍ Scribed by Khalid J. Fahmi


Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
1989
Tongue
English
Weight
52 KB
Volume
2
Category
Article
ISSN
0921-030X

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✦ Synopsis


Subsequent to the publication of Figure 2 of the above-cited paper and during an investigation (by the first author) of possible large intraplate earthquake occurrences within the Middle East, my attention was drawn to the exceptionally peculiar isolated but large intensity closure centered just north of latitude 30 N and slightly east of longitude 42 E. In our current Iraqi earthquake file, this event had the following entry:

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The recently published Iraqi earthquake data file over the period 1905-1984 is used to derive a local lo-M s formula. This is then combined with a local intensity attenuation relationship to compile the observed I o (MM) zoning map for Iraq. Earthquake risk is calculated using the log N (M,) relatio