Geologica Carpathica (Jun 2016)

A seismic source zone model for the seismic hazard assessment of Slovakia

  • Hók Jozef,
  • Kysel Robert,
  • Kováč Michal,
  • Moczo Peter,
  • Kristek Jozef,
  • Kristeková Miriam,
  • Šujan Martin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/geoca-2016-0018
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 67, no. 3
pp. 275 – 290

Abstract

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We present a new seismic source zone model for the seismic hazard assessment of Slovakia based on a new seismotectonic model of the territory of Slovakia and adjacent areas. The seismotectonic model has been developed using a new Slovak earthquake catalogue (SLOVEC 2011), successive division of the large-scale geological structures into tectonic regions, seismogeological domains and seismogenic structures. The main criteria for definitions of regions, domains and structures are the age of the last tectonic consolidation of geological structures, thickness of lithosphere, thickness of crust, geothermal conditions, current tectonic regime and seismic activity. The seismic source zones are presented on a 1:1,000,000 scale map.

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