Document Type
Article
Department or Administrative Unit
Geological Sciences
Publication Date
4-2010
Abstract
Eight thousand three hundred thirty-nine intensity observations have been evaluated for earthquakes that occurred on the Indian subcontinent and surrounding plate boundaries from the seventeenth century to the present. They characterize 570 earthquakes, more than 90% of which occurred in the past two centuries. The electronic supplement to this article lists these data using European Macroseismic Scale (EMS-98) intensities with their geographic coordinates. We summarize these data graphically in the form of a spatially averaged intensity map for the subcontinent, a map that emphasizes the features of many previously published earthquake hazard maps for the Indian plate, but which more faithfully depicts regional amplification and attenuation. We also estimate the probable return time for future damaging shaking in five of India’s largest cities.
Recommended Citation
Martin, S. & Szeliga, W. (2010). A catalog of felt intensity data for 570 earthquakes in India from 1636 to 2009. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 100(2), 562–569. DOI: 10.1785/0120080328
Journal
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
Rights
Copyright © 2010 the Seismological Society of America