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The Portuguese national seismic network: products and services
Carrilho, Fernando; Custodio, Susana; Bezzeghoud, Mourad; Oliveira, Carlos; Marreiros, Célia; Vales, Dina; Alves, Paulo; Pena, AreosaPortugal, located in the southwest region of the Eurasian plate, has been affected by several destructive earthquakes throughout its history, the most well-known being the 1755 Great Lisbon earthquake. The seismicity of the territory, both in the mainland and in the Azores and Madeira islands, has prompted the continuous development of seismic monitoring, from the first known macroseismic inquiry, following the...
Characterisation of Seismicity of the Azores Archipelago: An Overview of Histor...
Fontiela, Joao; Sousa Oliveira, Carlos; Rosset, PhilippeThe Azores Archipelago is located in the Middle Atlantic Ridge, at the Triple Junction formed by the contact of the Euro-Asiatic, the Nubia (African) and the American plates (see also Vogt and Jung, Chapter “The “Azores Geosyndrome” and Plate Tectonics: Research History, Synthesis, and Unsolved Puzzles”). Its seismicity rate is very high with earth- quakes with relatively low magnitude, defining quite well the ...