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Earthquake: aftershock of Montenegro earthquake

Flinn Engdahl Region: Northwestern Balkan Peninsula Country: Yugoslavia

Date and Time: 15.04.1979 14:43:06 UTC

Epicenter: 42.29° N 18.68° E WGS84

Focal Depth: 7km

Mb: 5.6 ML: 5.7

Ms: 5.77 Mw: 5.8

Mo: 6E+17Nm Intensity:

Fault Mechanism: thrust

Earthquake Reference: Ambraseys N., P. Smit, R. Berardi, D. Rinaldis, F. Cotton, C. Berge (2000): Dissemination of

European Strong-Motion Data. CD-ROM collection, European Commission, DGXII, Science,

Research and Development, Bruxelles, Belgium

Last Revision: 15.06.2000

Acceleration Time Histories:

total: 4 records Dist. [km] PGA [m/s*s]

Station Name Coordinates Geology D Fault. Horizontal Vertical

Hercegnovi Novi-O.S.D. Pavicic 42.457 N 18.531 E rock 22 22 0.909 0.445

Petrovac-Hotel Oliva 42.204 N 18.948 E stiff soil 24 - 0.977 0.386

Bar-Skupstina Opstine 42.095 N 19.101 E stiff soil 41 - 0.813 0.251

Ulcinj-Hotel Olimpic 41.911 N 19.249 E stiff soil 63 - 0.530 0.294

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