The European Database of Seismogenic Faults

General information
Region Central Mediterranean
Code ALCS004
Name Albania offshore
Compiler(s) Tiberti M.M.(1), Kastelic V.(1)
Contributor(s) Kastelic V.(1), Basili R.(1), Decker K.(2), Scrocca D.(3), Duni L.(4), Koci R.(4)
Created 05/06/2007
Updated 28/04/2011

Parametric information
Parameter Qual. Evidence
Min Depth (km) 2 EJ Inferred from regional geological data.
Max Depth (km) 7 EJ Inferred from regional geological data.
Strike (deg) 300 - 350 LD Based on the map by Fantoni and Franciosi (2009).
Dip (deg) 20 - 40 EJ Inferred from regional geological data.
Rake (deg) 80 - 100 EJ Inferred from regional geological and seismological data.
Slip Rate (mm/y) 0.5 - 1.5 EJ Inferred from regional geological and geodynamic considerations.
Max Magnitude (Mw) 6 EJ Inferred from fault characteristics.
Q-keys: LD = Literature Data; OD = Original Data; ER = Empirical Relationship; AR = Analytical Relationship; EJ = Expert Judgement


Affiliations
1) Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia; Sismologia e Tettonofisica; Via di Vigna Murata, 605, I-00143 Roma, Italy
2) Center for Earth Sciences; Departament for Geodynamics and Sedimentology; UZA II - Universitätszentrum Althanstrasse. Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria
3) CNR; Istituto di Geologia Ambientale e Geoingegneria; Rome, Italy
4) Instituti I Gjeoshkencave, Universitetit Politeknik; D. Sizmologjisë; Don Bosko no.60 ,Tirane, Albania