Reply to Comment on “The earthquakes of 29 July 2003, 12 February 2007, and 17 December 2009 in the region of Cape Saint Vincent (SW Iberia) and their relation with the 1755 Lisbon earthquake

• Autor(a) principal: Pro, C.
• Data de Publicação: 2014
• Outros Autores: Bezzeghoud, M., Buforn, E., Udias, A.H.
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10174/12712; https://doi.org/Pro. C., M. Bezzeghoud, E. Buforn, A. Udias, 2014. Reply to Comment on “The earthquakes of 29 July 2003, 12 February 2007, and 17 December 2009 in the region of Cape Saint Vincent (SW Iberia) and their relation with the 1755 Lisbon earthquake” by C. Pro, E. Buforn, M. Bezzeghoud and A. Udías. Tectonophysics 628 (2014) 246–247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2014.05.016; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2014.05.016
• topic: Cape Saint Vincent; Focal mechanism; Source rupture process; Slip distribution

Indeed, the Lisbon earthquake is a very unusual seismic event and an exception to the rule because most great tsunami-generating earth- quakes are related to well-defined subduction zones. The epicentral region, focal mechanism and the structures involved at the origin of this earthquake are still a matter of debate, with several models having been proposed (e.g. Baptista et al., 2003; Grandin et al., 2007a,b; Gutscher et al., 2006; Ribeiro et al., 2006; Vilanova et al., 2003; Zitellini et al., 2001).