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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0016-7169</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Geofísica internacional]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Geofís. Intl]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0016-7169</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geofísica]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0016-71692018000200121</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The recent instrumental seismicity of Syria and its implications]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Abdul-Wahe]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Mohamad Khir]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Asfahani]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jamal]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Dept. of Geology the Atomic Energy Commission of Syria  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Damascus ]]></addr-line>
<country>Syria</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>57</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>121</fpage>
<lpage>138</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0016-71692018000200121&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0016-71692018000200121&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0016-71692018000200121&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract This contribution is an attempt to enlarge the current knowledge about the recent instrumental seismicity, recorded during the period 1995-2012 by the Syrian national seismological network, as well as the seismotectonic settings in Syria. The recent instrumental seismicity has shown that the earthquake activity has produced a little number of low magnitude events. Consequently, it indicates that this activity is actually passing through a relative quiescence in comparison with the historical seismicity. The correlation between the instrumental seismicity and the seismotectonic features was performed by analyzing spatial distributions of seismic events and focal mechanisms of some strongest events. The current results, allow observing many types of the seismic activity as follows: Swarm-type, Cluster-type, and Occasional-type, which could improve the understanding of the behavior of the seismically active faults. The long return periods of large earthquakes (M&#8805;5) and the shortness of instrumental seismicity, prevent us to completely characterize the seismic activity and to discover all the active faults in the country.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Esta contribución es un intento por ampliar el conocimiento actual sobre la reciente sismicidad instrumental que fue registrada durante el período 1995-2012 por la red sismológica nacional Siria, así como sus escenarios sismotectónicos. La reciente sismicidad instrumental ha demostrado que se han producido un pequeño número de eventos de baja magnitud. En consecuencia, en comparación con la sismicidad histórica, esto indica que la actividad está pasando por una relativa inactividad. La correlación entre la sismicidad instrumental y las características sismotectónicas se realizó mediante el análisis de distribuciones espaciales de eventos sísmicos y mecanismos focales de algunos eventos más fuertes. Los resultados actuales permiten observar muchos tipos de actividad sísmica de la siguiente manera: tipo de enjambre, tipo de conglomerado y tipo ocasional, lo que podría mejorar la comprensión del comportamiento de las fallas sismicamente activas. Los largos períodos de retorno de grandes terremotos (M&#8805;5) y la brevedad de la sismicidad instrumental nos impiden distinguir por completo la actividad sísmica y descubrir todas las fallas activas en el país.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[sismicidad instrumental]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Sistema de falla del Mar Muerto]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Swarm]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Siria]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Instrumental seismicity]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Dead Sea Fault System]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Swarm]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Syria]]></kwd>
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