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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: roceainfo@un.org

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