Chapter 1 An Updated Seismic Source Model for Egypt

1. Introduction

2. Seismicity and seismotectonic setting of Egypt

3. Review of seismic zoning studies in Egypt

4. Data sources

4.1. An updated earthquake catalogue

4.2. Focal mechanism data

4.3. Geological, tectonic and geophysical data

4.4. Crustal structure data

5. Detailed description of the new proposed shallow-depth seismic source model

5.1. Seismic sources along the Gulf of Aqaba–Dead Sea Transform Fault

5.1.1. Gulf of Aqaba seismogenic sources (EG-01 till EG-04)

5.1.2. Arava Valley (EG-05) seismogenic source

5.1.3. Eastern Central Sinai (EG-06) seismogenic source

5.1.4. Dead Sea Basin (EG-07) seismogenic source

5.1.5. Jordan Valley (EG-08) seismogenic source

5.1.6. Kineret-Hula Basin (EG-09) seismogenic source

5.1.7. Northwestern Saudi Arabia (EG-10) seismicity source

5.1.8. Lebanon (EG-11) seismicity source

5.2. Seismic sources along the Red Sea Rift

5.2.1. Southern Red Sea (EG-12) seismogenic source

5.2.2. Central Red Sea (EG-13) seismogenic source

5.2.3. Northern Red Sea (EG-14) seismogenic source

5.3. Seismic sources along the Gulf of Suez

5.3.1. Southern Gulf of Suez (EG-15) seismogenic source

5.3.2. Central Gulf of Suez (EG-16) seismogenic source

5.3.3. Northern Gulf of Suez (EG-17) seismogenic source

5.4. Seismic sources of the Egyptian Eastern Desert

5.4.1. Western Red Sea Coast (EG-18) seismicity source

5.4.2. Southern Eastern Desert (EG-19) seismicity source

5.4.3. Southern Abu Dabbab (EG-20) seismicity source

5.4.4. Abu Dabbab (EG-21) seismicity source

5.5. Seismic sources along Nasser’s Lake, Nile Valley and Cairo-Suez region

5.5.1. Southern Aswan (EG-22) seismogenic source

5.5.2. Luxor- Southern Beni Suef (EG-23) seismogenic source

5.5.3. Beni Suef – Cairo – Suez District (EG-24) seismogenic source

5.6. Seismic sources along the Mediterranean Coastal Line

5.6.1. Eastern Mediterranean Coast (EG-25) seismicity source

5.6.2. Northern Delta (EG-26) seismicity source

5.6.3. Western Mediterranean Coast (EG-27) seismicity source

5.7. Seismic sources of the Western Desert

5.7.1. El-Gilf El-Kebeir (EG-28) Seismogenic Source

6. Eastern Mediterranean region seismic sources

6.1. SHARE shallow-depth seismic sources (h ≤ 20 km)

6.2. Intermediate-depth seismic sources (20 ≤ h ≤ 100 km)

7. Conclusion

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