7483_ earthquake risk in africa - ocharoceaearthquakesv2071219
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Earthquake Risk in AfricaTRANSCRIPT
Sudan
AlgeriaLibya
Mali
Chad
Niger
Egypt
Angola
Saudi Arabia
Iran
Turkey
Ethiopia
Iraq
Nigeria
South Africa
Spain
Namibia
Mauritania
Tanzania
Zambia
Kenya
Democratic Republic of Congo
Somalia
Mozambique
Botswana
Yemen
Morocco
Madagascar
Republicof Congo
Cameroon
Syria
Zimbabwe
Gabon
Italy
Ghana
Guinea
Uganda
Central African Republic
Senegal
Burkina Faso
Bulgaria
Tunisia
Benin
Eritrea
Greece
Western Sahara
Malawi
Jordan
Liberia
Russia
Portugal
Cote d'Ivoire
Georgia
Togo
Azerbaijan
France
Sierra Leone
AlbaniaArmenia
Israel
Lesotho
BurundiRwanda
Djibouti
Kuwait
Guinea-Bissau
Qatar
Swaziland
Cyprus
Equatorial Guinea
Lebanon
Gambie, The
MacedoniaCroatia Kazakhstan
Comoros
Bahrain
Andorra
Malta
Sao Tome and Principe
Seychelles
Gibraltar
Earthquake Risk in Africa: Modified Mercalli ScaleOCHA Regional Office for Central and East Africa
Issued: December 2007
Map data source: UNESCO (1987) through UNEP/GRID-Geneva, 1994, GAUL 2007, Hazard data from UNEP/GRID, the Pacific Disaster Center (PDC), and the Natural Hazard Assessment Network (NATHAN) by the Munich Reinsurance Co.
The names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations Map: Earthquake_071219
Ind ian Ocean
Red Sea
Gulf of Aden
Atlantic Ocean
Earthquake Intensity Zones in AfricaThis map shows earthquake intensity zones in accordance withthe 1956 version of the Modified Mercalli Scale (MM), describingthe effects of an earthquake on the surface of the earth andintegrating numerous parameters such as ground acceleration,duration of an earthquake, and subsoil effects. It also includeshistorical earthquake reports.The Zones indicate where there is a probability of 20 percent thatdegrees of intensity shown on the map will be exceeded in 50years.This probability figure varies with time; i.e., it is lower forshorter periods and higher for longer periods.Islands and countries too small to be easily visible arerepresented by boxes giving an approximate level of equivalentrisk based on data from Munich Reinsurance Company's NATHANsystem.
United Nations Office for the Coordinationof Humanitarian affairs (OCHA)
Regional Office for Central and East Africa(ROCEA)
Email: [email protected]
Atlantic OceanMediterranean Sea
Earthquake IntensityModified Mercalli Scale I. Instrumental
II. FeebleIII. SlightIV. ModerateV. Rather StrongVI. StrongVII. Very StrongVIII. DestructiveIX. RuinousX. DisastrousXI. Very DisastrousXII. Catastrophic
Degree VIDegree VIIDegree VIIIDegree IX-XIIInsufficient data
Degree I-V0 1,500750
Kilometers