The European Database of Seismogenic Faults

General information
Region Central Europe
Code DECS009
Name Albstadt
Compiler(s) Garcia Moreno D.(1)
Contributor(s) Vanneste K.(1), Verbeeck K.(1)
Created 04/05/2010
Updated 04/05/2010

Parametric information
Parameter Qual. Evidence
Min Depth (km) 1.5 LD Reinecker & Schneider (2002) interpretation
Max Depth (km) 20 LD Based on earthquake data (Bonjer, 1997; Edel et al., 2006)
Strike (deg) 190 - 225 LD Schneider (1979) and Reinecker & Schneider (2002) interpretation
Dip (deg) 70 - 90 EJ Based on earthquake data (Schneider, 1979; Reinecker & Schneider, 2002)
Rake (deg) 0 - 10 EJ Inferred from earthquake data (Schneider, 1979; Reinecker & Schneider, 2002)
Slip Rate (mm/y) 0.01 - 0.1 EJ Unknown, values assumed from geodynamic constraints
Max Magnitude (Mw) 5.7 LD Maximal historical earthquake magnitude (Grünthal et al., 2009)
Q-keys: LD = Literature Data; OD = Original Data; ER = Empirical Relationship; AR = Analytical Relationship; EJ = Expert Judgement


Affiliations
1) Royal Observatory of Belgium; Seismology; 3 Avenue Circulaire, 1180 (Uccle), Brussels. Belgium