Articles | Volume 18, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-531-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-18-531-2018
Research article
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21 Feb 2018
Research article |  | 21 Feb 2018

Implications from palaeoseismological investigations at the Markgrafneusiedl Fault (Vienna Basin, Austria) for seismic hazard assessment

Esther Hintersberger, Kurt Decker, Johanna Lomax, and Christopher Lüthgens

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The Vienna Basin is a low seismicity area, where historical data do not identify all potential earthquake sources. Despite observed Quaternary offset, there are no earthquakes along the Markgrafneusiedl Fault (MF). Results from 3 palaeoseismic trenches show evidence for 5–6 earthquakes with magnitudes up to M = 6.8 during the last 120 kyr. Therefore the MF should be considered as a seismic source, together with similar faults in the Vienna Basin, increasing the seismic potential close to Vienna.
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