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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/93834| Title: | The national seismic network for the Maltese islands : update 2021 |
| Authors: | Galea, Pauline Agius, Matthew Bozionelos, George D'Amico, Sebastiano Farrugia, Daniela |
| Keywords: | Seismic networks -- Malta Earthquake prediction -- Malta Seismology -- Observations Earthquake zones -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 2021 |
| Publisher: | European Geosciences Union |
| Citation: | Galea, P., Agius, M., Bozionelos, G., D'Amico, S., & Farrugia, D. (2021). The national seismic network for the Maltese islands : update 2021. EGU General Assembly 2021, Online. EGU21-8510. |
| Abstract: | The Maltese islands are a small country 15 km wide by 30 km long located about 100 km south of Sicily, Italy. Since 2015 Malta has set up a national seismic network. The primary aim of this network is to monitor in real-time and to locate more accurately the seismicity close to the islands and the seismicity in the Sicily Channel, offshore between Sicily, Tunisia and Libya. This Channel presents a range of interesting and complex tectonic processes that have developed in response to various regional stress fields mainly as a result of the collision between the African plate with Europe. The Maltese islands are known to have been affected by a number of earthquakes originating in the Channel, with some of these events estimated to be very close to the islands. [excerpt] |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/93834 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacSciGeo |
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