The European Database of Seismogenic Faults

General information
Region Central Mediterranean
Code MECS001
Name Montenegro offshore
Compiler(s) Kastelic V.(1), Tiberti M.M.(1), Basili R.(1)
Contributor(s) Kastelic V.(1), Tiberti M.M.(1), Basili R.(1), Glavatovic B.(2), Vucic L.(2)
Created 05/06/2007
Updated 20/11/2011

Parametric information
Parameter Qual. Evidence
Min Depth (km) 2 LD Based on seismic profile data.
Max Depth (km) 15 EJ Inferred from regional geological and seismological data.
Strike (deg) 290 - 310 LD Based on siesmic profile data.
Dip (deg) 15 - 40 LD Based on siesmic profile data.
Rake (deg) 80 - 100 LD Based on seismological data from various sources.
Slip Rate (mm/y) 0.9 - 2 EJ Based on earthquake data and on fault characteristics.
Max Magnitude (Mw) 7.2 LD Inferred from fault characteristics, earthquake data and regional geodynamics.
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) Seizmoloki zavod Crne Gore; ; R. Burica 2, p. fah 196, 81000 Podgorica