Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 22, issue 6
Articles | Volume 22, issue 6
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-2057-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-22-2057-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 22, issue 6
Research article
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21 Jun 2022
Research article |  | 21 Jun 2022

Magnitude and source area estimations of severe prehistoric earthquakes in the western Austrian Alps

Patrick Oswald, Michael Strasser, Jens Skapski, and Jasper Moernaut

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This study provides the first regional earthquake catalogue of the eastern Alps spanning 16 000 years by using three lake paleoseismic records. Recurrence statistics reveal that earthquakes recur every 1000–2000 years in an aperiodic pattern. The magnitudes of paleo-earthquakes exceed the historically documented values. This study estimates magnitude and source areas for severe paleo-earthquakes, and their shaking effects are explored in the broader study area.
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