Earthquakes in Afghanistan

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Research Article| March 01, 2003 Earthquakes in Afghanistan Nicholas Ambraseys; Nicholas Ambraseys Department of Civil Engineering Imperial College London. SW7 2BU United Kingdom (N.A.) Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Roger Bilham Roger Bilham CIRES & Department of Geological Sciences University of Colorado Boulder CO 80309-0399 (R.B.) Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Nicholas Ambraseys Department of Civil Engineering Imperial College London. SW7 2BU United Kingdom (N.A.) Roger Bilham CIRES & Department of Geological Sciences University of Colorado Boulder CO 80309-0399 (R.B.) Publisher: Seismological Society of America First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Online Issn: 1938-2057 Print Issn: 0895-0695 © 2003 by the Seismological Society of America Seismological Research Letters (2003) 74 (2): 107–123. https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.74.2.107 Article history First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Nicholas Ambraseys, Roger Bilham; Earthquakes in Afghanistan. Seismological Research Letters 2003;; 74 (2): 107–123. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.74.2.107 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySeismological Research Letters Search Advanced Search We summarize the written history of earthquakes in Afghanistan from A.D. 734 to the present in the form of a new catalog of more than 1,300 earthquakes and narrative accounts of damage sustained during 47 of the more significant events (see electronic supplement). Afghanistan is among those regions where written records of historical earthquakes are sparse and where contemporary publications provide circumstantial, telegraphic, and occasionally misleading information. Early annals of the region from travelers' accounts and the narratives of explorers contain macroseismic information that is often of more utility than is available in records from the last half-century. Even in... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.