Civil Engineering Association

Intraplate Earthquakes

Intraplate earthquakes occur away from tectonic plate boundaries: their locations are difficult to predict, risking huge damage and loss of life. The 2001 Bhuj earthquake (featured in this book) was the largest intraplate earthquake for three decades and has provided unique insight into these events. This cutting-edge book brings together research from international leading experts in the field. Each chapter provides a comprehensive review of these earthquakes in a different global location, ranging from Australia, China, India and the Sea of Japan, to Western Europe, Brazil, New Madrid (Central USA), and Eastern Canada. They explore similarities and differences between regional features and the mechanical models required to explain them, as well as assessing geophysical techniques used to investigate them. Providing the first global overview of intraplate earthquakes, this is an essential book for academic researchers and professionals in seismology, tectonics, tectonophysics, geodesy, structural geology, earthquake dynamics, geophysics, and structural engineering.

> The first global perspective on intraplate earthquakes, illustrating the similarities, differences and unique features of the subject in different parts of the world
> Every chapter is authored by an expert in the site area, providing perspectives from global leaders in the field
> Each chapter displays different features of its local site and different techniques applied to its study, demonstrating how varying conditions dictate approaches to the subject