The 1992 Cairo earthquake: A case study of a small destructive event

• On 12 October 1992, an earthquake, magnitude mb = 5.9 and M-s = 5.2, hit the City of Cairo, Egypt. It was this century's largest earthquake in northern Egypt with related destruction in the City of Cairo, the Nile Valley and the Nile Delta areas. Our sour

Keyword

Egypt; Cairo; Red Sea; synthetic seismogram; focal mechanism; seismic hazard; site effect and peak ground acceleration; RED-SEA; MOTION; EGYPT; GULF

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