MORPHOTECTONIC INTERPRETATION OF THE 23-02-2015 ALBACETE EARTHQUAKE, SPAIN

Authors

  • Mario Octavio Cotilla-Rodríguez Univesidad Computense de Madrid, Spain
  • Diego Córdoba-Barba Univesidad Computense de Madrid, Spain

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15359/rgac.57-2.8

Keywords:

Albacete, earthquake, morphotectonic, seismicity, Spain

Abstract

On 02-23-2015, an earthquake took place in the Iberian Peninsula megablock. This event is of the intraplate-type (Mw= 4,7 / h= 17 km) where there is a deformed morphotectonic zone. The epicenter and the normal and strike-slip solution focal mechanism were determined in the Albacete block -which has an uplifting tendency inside of the Albacete and Cuenca mesoblocks.

Author Biographies

Mario Octavio Cotilla-Rodríguez, Univesidad Computense de Madrid

Doctor en Ciencias Física, y Profesores del Departamento de Geofísica y Meteorología, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid. 

Diego Córdoba-Barba, Univesidad Computense de Madrid

Doctor en Ciencias Física, y Profesores del Departamento de Geofísica y Meteorología, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas. Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid.

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Published

2016-11-20

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Cotilla-Rodríguez, M. O., & Córdoba-Barba, D. (2016). MORPHOTECTONIC INTERPRETATION OF THE 23-02-2015 ALBACETE EARTHQUAKE, SPAIN. Geographical Journal of Central America, 2(57), 223-233. https://doi.org/10.15359/rgac.57-2.8

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Vol. 2 No. 57 (2016): Revista Geográfica de América Central N.57

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Case studies (Peer reviewed)

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Cotilla-Rodríguez, M. O., & Córdoba-Barba, D. (2016). MORPHOTECTONIC INTERPRETATION OF THE 23-02-2015 ALBACETE EARTHQUAKE, SPAIN. Geographical Journal of Central America, 2(57), 223-233. https://doi.org/10.15359/rgac.57-2.8