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The Tunisian Homogenized Macroseismic Database (Second Century–1981): First Investigations

2018; Seismological Society of America; Volume: 90; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1785/0220180237

1938-2057

Sahar Kharrat, Assia Harbi, Mustapha Meghraoui, Samir Bouaziz,

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Research Article| November 14, 2018 The Tunisian Homogenized Macroseismic Database (Second Century–1981): First Investigations Sahar Kharrat; Sahar Kharrat aLaboratoire Eau, Energie et Environnement LRE, , code AD‐10‐02, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax, Université de Sfax, PB 1173, 3038, Sfax, Tunisia Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Assia Harbi; Assia Harbi bCentre de Recherche en Astronomie, , Astrophysique et Géophysique, BP 63, Bouzaréah, 16340, Algiers, Algeria, harbi.assia@gmail.comdSimons Fellow at Abdus Salam, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Strada Costiera, 11, I‐34151, Trieste, Italy. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Mustapha Meghraoui; Mustapha Meghraoui cEcole et observatoire des sciences de la Terre, Institut de Physique du Globe, UMR 7516, 5, rue René‐Descartes, 67084 Strasbourg, CEDEX, France Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Samir Bouaziz Samir Bouaziz aLaboratoire Eau, Energie et Environnement LRE, , code AD‐10‐02, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax, Université de Sfax, PB 1173, 3038, Sfax, Tunisia Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Sahar Kharrat aLaboratoire Eau, Energie et Environnement LRE, , code AD‐10‐02, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax, Université de Sfax, PB 1173, 3038, Sfax, Tunisia Assia Harbi bCentre de Recherche en Astronomie, , Astrophysique et Géophysique, BP 63, Bouzaréah, 16340, Algiers, Algeria, harbi.assia@gmail.comdSimons Fellow at Abdus Salam, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Strada Costiera, 11, I‐34151, Trieste, Italy. Mustapha Meghraoui cEcole et observatoire des sciences de la Terre, Institut de Physique du Globe, UMR 7516, 5, rue René‐Descartes, 67084 Strasbourg, CEDEX, France Samir Bouaziz aLaboratoire Eau, Energie et Environnement LRE, , code AD‐10‐02, Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Sfax, Université de Sfax, PB 1173, 3038, Sfax, Tunisia Publisher: Seismological Society of America First Online: 14 Nov 2018 Online Issn: 1938-2057 Print Issn: 0895-0695 © Seismological Society of America Seismological Research Letters (2019) 90 (1): 347–357. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220180237 Article history First Online: 14 Nov 2018 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Sahar Kharrat, Assia Harbi, Mustapha Meghraoui, Samir Bouaziz; The Tunisian Homogenized Macroseismic Database (Second Century–1981): First Investigations. Seismological Research Letters 2018;; 90 (1): 347–357. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/0220180237 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 An extensive search of documentary data is carried out to compile an earthquake catalog and reappraise the historical seismicity of Tunisia. Despite the seismic potential of the region, very little is known about the historical seismicity. First, an assessment of 21 seismological compilations, including 7 unpublished reports, is done to draft the earthquake catalog of Tunisia and to retrieve macroseismic information related to all compiled earthquakes. Historical records are then investigated jointly with macroseismic catalogs to define or redefine the macroseismic locations and estimate the intensities of the earthquakes of Tunisia according to the European Macroseismic Scale. A comprehensive database of about 330 seismic events is established; it contains more than 600 texts as background information and supports our knowledge of the seismicity of Tunisia for the period 1758–1981. Of these events, 57 earthquakes caused slight to important damage. The collected information and the results of the related analysis in terms of earthquake parameters and intensity observations have been structured into a database that is made freely available to all users. You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.