Seismological Aspects of the Abou Dabbab Region, Eastern Desert, Egypt

H. M. Hussein; S. S. R. Moustafa; E. Elawadi; N. S. Al-Arifi; N. Hurukawa

doi:10.1785/gssrl.82.1.81

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Research Article| January 01, 2011

Seismological Aspects of the Abou Dabbab Region, Eastern Desert, Egypt

H. M. Hussein;

H. M. Hussein

National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics  Helwan 11721 Egypt  hesham6511421@yahoo.com  (H. M. H.)

1

National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Seismology Department, Helwan, Egypt

2

Shaqra University, Community College, Alquwayiyah, Saudi Arabia

3

North Africa Seismological Group, Trieste, Italy

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S. S. R. Moustafa;

S. S. R. Moustafa

National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics  Helwan 11721 Egypt  hesham6511421@yahoo.com  (H. M. H.)

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National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Seismology Department, Helwan, Egypt

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Shaqra University, Community College, Alquwayiyah, Saudi Arabia

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E. Elawadi;

E. Elawadi

National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics  Helwan 11721 Egypt  hesham6511421@yahoo.com  (H. M. H.)

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Shaqra University, Community College, Alquwayiyah, Saudi Arabia

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Nuclear Material Authority, Airborn Exploration Division, Egypt

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N. S. Al-Arifi;

N. S. Al-Arifi

National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics  Helwan 11721 Egypt  hesham6511421@yahoo.com  (H. M. H.)

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Shaqra University, Community College, Alquwayiyah, Saudi Arabia

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Faculty of Science, King Saud University, Geology Department, Riyad, Saudi Arabia

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N. Hurukawa

National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics  Helwan 11721 Egypt  hesham6511421@yahoo.com  (H. M. H.)

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Director, International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (IISEE), Building Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan

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H. M. Hussein

1

National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Seismology Department, Helwan, Egypt

2

Shaqra University, Community College, Alquwayiyah, Saudi Arabia

3

North Africa Seismological Group, Trieste, Italy

National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics  Helwan 11721 Egypt  hesham6511421@yahoo.com  (H. M. H.)

S. S. R. Moustafa

1

National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, Seismology Department, Helwan, Egypt

2

Shaqra University, Community College, Alquwayiyah, Saudi Arabia

National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics  Helwan 11721 Egypt  hesham6511421@yahoo.com  (H. M. H.)

E. Elawadi

2

Shaqra University, Community College, Alquwayiyah, Saudi Arabia

4

Nuclear Material Authority, Airborn Exploration Division, Egypt

National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics  Helwan 11721 Egypt  hesham6511421@yahoo.com  (H. M. H.)

N. S. Al-Arifi

2

Shaqra University, Community College, Alquwayiyah, Saudi Arabia

5

Faculty of Science, King Saud University, Geology Department, Riyad, Saudi Arabia

National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics  Helwan 11721 Egypt  hesham6511421@yahoo.com  (H. M. H.)

N. Hurukawa

6

Director, International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (IISEE), Building Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan

National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics  Helwan 11721 Egypt  hesham6511421@yahoo.com  (H. M. H.)

Publisher: Seismological Society of America

First Online: 09 Mar 2017

Online ISSN: 1938-2057

Print ISSN: 0895-0695

Seismological Research Letters (2011) 82 (1): 81–88.

https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.82.1.81

Located about 24 km from the Red Sea, the Abou Dabbab region is characterized by significant microseismic activity. The seismic history of this region is marked by two moderate magnitude earthquakes, the 12 November 1955 Mb 6.1 and the 2 June 1984 Mb 5.1. The 1955 Mb 6.1 earthquake was the largest recorded event to occur within Abou Dabbab. Woodward Clyde Consultants (1982) computed the first-motion focal mechanism for the 1955 event. The mechanism has a strike-slip faulting solution with a normal dip-slip component. The T-axis has a NNW trend. The two nodal planes that were determined...

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