Historical Seismology

MEGHRAOUI Mustapha Co-editor of the special volume "Active Faulting and Paleoseismology" in Journal of Seismology 5 (2001). STUCCHI Massimiliano Co-editor of the "European Macroseismic Scale 1998"

Introduction: Jean Vogt Heritage, Learning from the Past.- Jean Vogt 1929–2005: His Life as a Seismologist, Geologist, Geographer, and Historian.- Comprendre et compléter un catalogue de séismes: le cas de Trinidad.- Descriptive Catalogues of Historical Earthquakes in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East; Revisited.- Reappraisal of Historical Earthquake Information.- A Glimpse into the Seismicity of the Ionian Islands Between 1658 and 1664.- Investigation of pre-1700 Earthquakes Between the Adda and the Middle Adige River Basins (Southern Alps).- Past and Future of Historical Seismicity Studies in France.- Review of Historical Earthquakes in the Lower Middle Ages: Earthquakes of the XIV and XV Centuries in Catalonia (NE Spain).- Strong Earthquakes in North-Western Africa in the Second Half of the 17th Century, AD: A Critical Reappraisal of the Historical Evidence.- Case Studies, New Data and Critical Analysis.- The Case for Large M > 7 Earthquakes Felt in the UK in Historical Times.- The 18 September 1692 Earthquake in the Belgian Ardenne and Its Aftershocks.- The 1855 Visp (Switzerland) Earthquake: A Milestone in Macroseismic Methodology?.- In Troubled Times, in a Divided Country: The 1789 Valtiberina Earthquake.- Review of the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake Based on Recent Analyses of Historical Observations.- Quantifying Historical Earthquakes, Effects, Intensity, Magnitude, Seismograms.- Earthquake Effects on Nature and Macroseismic Intensity Scales.- What is the Lowest Magnitude Threshold at Which an Earthquake can be Felt or Heard, or Objects Thrown into the Air?.- Attenuation of Intensity for the Zemmouri Earthquake of 21 May 2003 (Mw 6.8): Insights for the Seismic Hazard and Historical Earthquake Sources in Northern Algeria.- Large 19th Century Earthquakesin Eastern/Central North America: A Comparative Analysis.- Magnitude of Historical Earthquakes, from Macroseismic Data to Seismic Waveform Modelling: Application to the Pyrenees and a 1905 Earthquake in the Alps.- Quantitative Analysis of Early Seismograph Recordings.- Making Non-Digitally-Recorded Seismograms Accessible Online for Studying Earthquakes.