Historical Seismograms and Earthquakes of the World

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1 Historical Seismograms and Earthquakes of the World Edited by W. H. K. Lee U. S. Geological Survey Menlo Park, California H. Meyers World Data Center A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Boulder, Colorado K. Shimazaki Earthquake Research Institute University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan ACADEMIC PRESS, INC. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers San Diego New York Berkeley Boston London Sydney Tokyo Toronto

2 Contents Preface I. Introduction Introduction to the Symposium on Historical Seismograms and Earthquakes W. H. K. Lee, H. Meyers, and K. Shimazaki Importance of Historical Seismograms for Geophysical Research Hiroo Kanamori II. Analysis of Historical Seismograms Magnitudes and Origin Times from Milne Seismograph Data: Earthquakes in China and California, Katsuyuki Abe Analysis of Historical Seismograms from the Potsdam Station (GDR) in the Period E. Hurtig and G. Kowalle Historical Seismograms and Interpretation of Strong Earthquakes N. V. Kondorskaya and Yu. F. Kopnichev V

3 VI Contents The Status, Importance, and Use of Historical Seismograms in Sweden 64 Ota Kulhänek Analysis of Historical Seismograms of Large Mexican Earthquakes (M s > 7.0): Summary of Important Results 70 S. K. Singh Application of Modern Techniques to Analysis of Historical Earthquakes 85 S. Stein, E. A. Okal, and D. A. Wiens III. Earthquake Catalogs and Databases Recent Activities at the International Seismological Centre 107 D. M. McGregor, A. A. Hughes, and R. D. Adams A Catalogue of Chinese Earthquakes (M > 6.5) from 1900 to 1948 with Uniform Magnitudes 112 Deli Cheng, Yushou Xie, and Zhifeng Ding Data Bases on Historical Seismicity: Structure, Quality of Information, and Applications 131 A. D. Gvishiani and Wilbur A. Rinehart Compilation and Processing of Historical Data: Summary Remarks 139 V. Kärnik The U. S. Geological Survey's Databases of Seismic Events 142 J. N. Taggart, W. H. K. Lee, and K. L. Meagher A Catalog of Large Earthquakes (M > 6) and Damaging Earthquakes in Japan for the Years Tokuji Utsu

4 Contents vii Historical Materials of Chinese Earthquakes and Their Seismological Analysis 162 Yushou Xie IV. Individual Historical Earthquakes The Anatolian Earthquake of 17 August TV. N. Ambraseys and C. F. Finkel An Analysis of the Eastern Mediterranean Earthquake of 20 May N. N. Ambraseys and C. P. Melville Preliminary Evaluation of the Large Caracas Earthquake of October 29, 1900, by Means of Historical Seismograms 201 G. E. Fiedler B. Evaluation of Damage and Source Parameters of the Malaga Earthquake of 9 October D. Munoz and A. Udias V. Earthquake History Studies of Earthquakes on the Basis of Historical Seismograms in Belgium 225 M. De Becker and T. Camelbeeck Documenting New Zealand Earthquakes 232 G. A. Eiby Historical Earthquakes and the Seismograms in Taiwan 241 Pao Hua Lee Historical Earthquakes of Thailand, Burma, and Indochina 253 S. Prachuab

5 Vlll Contents Earthquake History of California 267 T. R. Toppozada, С R. Real, and D. L. Parke Study of Historical Earthquakes in Japan (2) 276 Tatsuo Usami Studies of Philippine Historical Earthquakes 289 R. G. Valenzuela and L. C. Garcia The History of Earthquakes in the Northern North Sea 297 R. Muir Wood, G. Woo, and H. Bungum VI. Seismicity and Tectonics Magnitude-Fault Length Relationships for Earthquakes in the Middle East 309 N. N. Ambraseys Applications of Fuzzy Mathematics in Studying Historical Earthquakes and Paleoseismicity 311 De-yi Feng, Ming-zhou Lin, and Кип-yuan Zhuang On the Seismicity of the Middle East 321 Samir Riad, Herbert Meyers, and Carl Kisslinger Historical Seismicity and Earthquake Catalogues for the Indian Region 335 H. N. Srivastava and S. K. Das Pattern Analysis of Small Earthquakes and Explosions Recorded at Shasta, California 349 Robert A. Uhrhammer

6 Contents ix Historical Disastrous Earthquakes and Deep Fracture Zones in Ecuador 362 /. Vanek and V. Hanus VII. Filming and Processing of Historical Seismograms Historical Seismogram Filming Project: Current Status 373 Dale P. Glover and Herbert Meyers Filming Seismograms and Related Materials at the California Institute of Technology 380 /. R. Goodstein and P. Roberts Digitization and Processing of the J.M.A. Strong Motion Records in the Period of 2 to 20 sec from Nine Great Earthquakes 390 R. Inoue and T. Matsumoto Some Remarks on Historical Seismograms and the Microfilming Project Miyamura Resources, Organization, and Microfilming of Historical Seismograms in China 420 Kexin Qu Microfilming of Historical Seismograms in the USSR 429 O. Ye. Starovoit The Standardization of Seismological Data and the Filming Project of Seismograms in the International Latitude Observatory of Mizusawa 432 Yoshiaki Tamara, Hisashi Sasaki, Masatsugu Ooe, and Kennosuke Hosoyama

7 X Microfilming of Historical Seismograms at Abuyama Seismological Observatory, Kyoto University 439 Yasuhiro Umeda and Katsuyoshi Ito VIII. Historical Seismograms from Various Observatories Historical Seismograms in Italy 447 R. Console and P. Favali Historical Seismograms from Australia 451 David Denham Seismograms Made before 1963 at Stations in the South-West Pacific * 455 G. A. Eiby Historical Seismograms Recorded in Venezuela 462 G. E. Fiedler B. The Historical Seismograms of Colombia 467 J. Rafael Goberna, S.J. Helwan Historical Seismograms 474 R. M. Kebeasy Seismological Measurement in Hong Kong 476 H. K. Lam A Brief History of the Seismological Observatories in the British Isles, G. Neilson and P. W. Burton

8 Contents XI Historical Seismograms of the Manila Observatory 490 Sergio S. Su, S.J. Some Remarks on Historical Seismograms in Selected Developing Countries 497 K. L. Svendsen Index 501