The European Database of Seismogenic Faults

General information
Region Central Europe
Code ATCS004
Name Mur-Mürz
Compiler(s) Garcia Moreno D.(1)
Contributor(s) Garcia Moreno D.(1), Decker K.(2), Camelbeeck T.(1)
Created 02/07/2010
Updated 02/07/2010

Parametric information
Parameter Qual. Evidence
Min Depth (km) 0 LD instrumental seismicity data (various authors)
Max Depth (km) 11 LD instrumental seismicity data (various authors)
Strike (deg) 240 - 250 LD geological and geomorphological maps
Dip (deg) 60 - 90 EJ Inferred from regional structural geology
Rake (deg) 0 - 20 EJ Assumed from regional geodynamic (Reinecker & Lenhardt, 1999)
Slip Rate (mm/y) 1 - 2 LD Based on GPS, geodetic data and regional geodynamic
Max Magnitude (Mw) 6.5 LD See Sefara et al. (1998), Simunek (2003) & Tóth et al. (2006)
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
2) Center for Earth Sciences; Departament for Geodynamics and Sedimentology; UZA II - Universitätszentrum Althanstrasse. Althanstrasse 14, 1090 Vienna, Austria