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A Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog for Iraq in Terms of Moment Magnitude

2017; Seismological Society of America; Volume: 88; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1785/0220160078

1938-2057

Tuna Onur, R. Gök, Wathiq Abdulnaby, Hanan Mahdi, Nazar M. S. Numan, Haydar Al‐Shukri, Ammar M. Shakir, Hussein Khalefa Chlaib, Taher H. Ameen, A. Najah,

Seismology and Earthquake Studies

Research Article| March 29, 2017 A Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog for Iraq in Terms of Moment Magnitude Tuna Onur; Tuna Onur aOnur Seemann Consulting, 3378 Kingsley Place, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8P 4K1tuna@onurseemann.com Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Rengin Gök; Rengin Gök bLawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue L‐049, Livermore, California 94550 U.S.A. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Wathiq Abdulnaby; Wathiq Abdulnaby cSeismological Laboratory, Department of Geology, College of Sciences, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Hanan Mahdi; Hanan Mahdi dGraduate Institute of Technology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 South University Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204 U.S.A. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Nazar M. S. Numan; Nazar M. S. Numan eDepartment of Applied Geosciences, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Haydar Al‐Shukri; Haydar Al‐Shukri dGraduate Institute of Technology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 South University Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204 U.S.A. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Ammar M. Shakir; Ammar M. Shakir fUniversity of Baghdad, Department of Earth Sciences, Baghdad, Al‐Jadriya, Iraq Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Hussein K. Chlaib; Hussein K. Chlaib gDepartment of Soil Sciences and Water Resources, University of Sumer, Thi Qar Governorate, Iraq Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Taher H. Ameen; Taher H. Ameen hGeology Department/School of Science, University of Sulaimani, Sulaimani‐Kerkuk Road, Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Najah A. Abd Najah A. Abd fUniversity of Baghdad, Department of Earth Sciences, Baghdad, Al‐Jadriya, Iraq Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Tuna Onur aOnur Seemann Consulting, 3378 Kingsley Place, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada V8P 4K1tuna@onurseemann.com Rengin Gök bLawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue L‐049, Livermore, California 94550 U.S.A. Wathiq Abdulnaby cSeismological Laboratory, Department of Geology, College of Sciences, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq Hanan Mahdi dGraduate Institute of Technology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 South University Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204 U.S.A. Nazar M. S. Numan eDepartment of Applied Geosciences, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq Haydar Al‐Shukri dGraduate Institute of Technology, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 South University Avenue, Little Rock, Arkansas 72204 U.S.A. Ammar M. Shakir fUniversity of Baghdad, Department of Earth Sciences, Baghdad, Al‐Jadriya, Iraq Hussein K. Chlaib gDepartment of Soil Sciences and Water Resources, University of Sumer, Thi Qar Governorate, Iraq Taher H. Ameen hGeology Department/School of Science, University of Sulaimani, Sulaimani‐Kerkuk Road, Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq Najah A. Abd fUniversity of Baghdad, Department of Earth Sciences, Baghdad, Al‐Jadriya, Iraq Publisher: Seismological Society of America First Online: 13 Jul 2017 Online Issn: 1938-2057 Print Issn: 0895-0695 © Seismological Society of America Seismological Research Letters (2017) 88 (3): 798–811. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220160078 Article history First Online: 13 Jul 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Tuna Onur, Rengin Gök, Wathiq Abdulnaby, Hanan Mahdi, Nazar M. S. Numan, Haydar Al‐Shukri, Ammar M. Shakir, Hussein K. Chlaib, Taher H. Ameen, Najah A. Abd; A Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog for Iraq in Terms of Moment Magnitude. Seismological Research Letters 2017;; 88 (3): 798–811. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/0220160078 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySeismological Research Letters Search Advanced Search ABSTRACT A comprehensive earthquake catalog was compiled for Iraq and neighboring areas as part of a broader probabilistic seismic‐hazard assessment project. The Iraq Seismic Network (ISN) was established in 1976 and became operational in the early 1980s. However, recording and reporting of seismic data has been intermittent in Iraq. Hence, events were collected from various sources, including the ISN when available, International Seismological Centre (ISC), European‐Mediterranean Seismological Centre, U.S. Geological Survey Centennial Catalog, Global Centroid Moment Tensor solutions, and Ambraseys' extensive work on cataloging of instrumental era earthquakes in the Middle East (e.g., Ambraseys, 1978, 2001, 2009). We supplement these with new direct moment magnitude calculations based on coda calibration technique. For many of the larger events in the catalog, more than one magnitude is available. Directly calculated moment magnitudes (Mw) were favored, followed by body‐wave magnitude (mb) obtained from the ISC. Where no directly calculated Mw was available, other magnitude scales were converted to Mw using relationships compatible with the local catalog. The resulting earthquake catalog spans from the year 1900 until the end of 2009, covers the region bounded by 26°–40° N latitudes and 36°–51° E longitudes, and includes more than 18,000 earthquakes, of which roughly 4000 are Mw 4.0 or larger. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.