The seismic activity near Aachen following the 1992 Roermond earthquake, the Netherlands

  • D. Prinz Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet fi.ir Angewandte Geophysik der Rheinisch-Westfii.lische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Lochnerstr. 4-20, 52064 Aachen, Germany
  • D. Hollnack Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet fi.ir Angewandte Geophysik der Rheinisch-Westfii.lische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Lochnerstr. 4-20, 52064 Aachen, Germany
  • J. Wohlenberg Lehr- und Forschungsgebiet fi.ir Angewandte Geophysik der Rheinisch-Westfii.lische Technische Hochschule Aachen, Lochnerstr. 4-20, 52064 Aachen, Germany
Keywords: aftershocks, fault-plane solutions, Lower Rhine Embayment, seismotectonic source parameters

Abstract

  The seismic activity following the large Roermond earthquake of April 13, 1992, was concentrated in the area of the main shock and, surprisingly, a few kilometers northeast of Aachen. The locations and source parameters of 13 earthquakes, which occurred in the Aachen area, are presented. The evaluation is based mainly on seismograms from four mobile seismograph stations of the RWTH Aachen (Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule) which were installed close to the epicenters. Fault-plane solutions were determined for two of these earthquakes.
Published
1994-01-01
How to Cite
D. Prinz, D. Hollnack, & J. Wohlenberg. (1994). The seismic activity near Aachen following the 1992 Roermond earthquake, the Netherlands. Netherlands Journal of Geosciences, 73, 235-240. Retrieved from https://njgjournal.nl/index.php/njg/article/view/12469
Issue
Volume 73 - 1994
Section
Regular paper

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