Mikenorton: create article on damaging earthquake - still needs more added to the "Earthquake" section and a "Damage" section is still needed.
{{Infobox earthquake
| title = 1624 Fez earthquake
| pre-1900 = yes
| anss-url =
| isc-event =
| map =
| map2 = {{Location map| Morocco
|lat=34.1
|long=-5.1
|mark=Bullseye1.png
|marksize=45
|caption =
|label =
|float = center
|width = 260
|alt = Epicentre
|relief = yes
}}
| local-date = 11 May 1624
| local-time = 03:00–04:00
| image =
| magnitude = 6.0 {{M|w|link=yes}}
| depth =
| location = {{coord|34.1|-5.1|region
K_type:event|display=inline,title}}
| type =
| countries affected = Morocco
| intensity = {{MSK-64|VIII}}-{{MSK-64|IX}}
| aftershocks =
| casualties = Thousands dead
| engvar = en-UK
}}
In 1624 the city of [[Fez, Morocco|Fez]] in northern [[Morocco]] was devastated by a major [[earthquake]] between three and four in the morning of 11 May. It had an estimated magnitude of 6.0 {{M|w|link=yes}} and a maximum felt [[seismic intensity|intensity]] of VIII–IX on the [[Medvedev–Sponheuer–Karnik scale|MSK scale]]. The earthquake caused severe damage in Fez and the surrounding area. It was felt as far away as [[Seville]] in southern Spain. Thousands of people died.
==Tectonic setting==
Fez lies within the southern part of the [[Rif]], which forms part of the [[Gibraltar Arc]]. The Rif and the [[Betic Cordillera]] were formed during the [[Cenozoic]], initially as a result of convergence between the [[African Plate]] and the [[Eurasian Plate]]. The collisional structure was modified during the [[Miocene]] by a combination of westward migration of the mountain belt and extension that resulted in formation of the [[Alboran Sea]]<ref name ="Fernandez">{{cite journal|last=Fernández-Ibañez|first=F.|author2=Soto, J.I. |author3=Zoback, M.D. |author4=Morales, J. |title=Present-day stress field in the Gibraltar Arc (western Mediterranean)|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth|date=2007|volume=112|issue=B8 |doi=10.1029/2006jb004683|doi-access=free}}</ref> The extension may be a result of [[back-arc basin]] formation related to [[subduction]] during the Miocene.<ref name="Pedrera">{{cite journal|last=Pedrera|first=A. |author2=Ruiz-Constán, A. |author3=Galindo-Zaldívar, J. |author4=Chalouan, A. |author5=Sanz de Galdeano, C. |author6=Marín-Lechado, C. |author7=Ruano, P. |author8=Benmakhlouf, M. |author9=Akil, M. |author10=López-Garrido, A.C. |author11=Chabli, A. |author12=Ahmamou, M. |author13=González-Castillo, L. |title=Is there an active subduction beneath the Gibraltar orogenic arc? Constraints from Pliocene to present-day stress field|journal=Journal of Geodynamics|date=2011|volume=52|issue=2|pages=83–96|doi=10.1016/j.jog.2010.12.003}}</ref> Although it remains unclear whether there is still active subduction, the convergence continues at a rate of 4 mm per year in a NW–SE direction.<ref name="Bargach_etal_2004">{{Cite journal |last=Bargach |first=K. |last2=Ruano |first2=P. |last3=Chabli |first3=S. |last4=Galindo-Zaldivar |first4=J. |last5=Chalouan |first5=A. |last6=Jabaloy |first6=A. |last7=Akil |first7=M. |last8=Ahmamou |first8=M. |last9=Sanz de Galdeano |first9=C. |last10=Benmakhlouf |first10=M. |date=2004 |title=Recent Tectonic Deformations and Stresses in the Frontal Part of the Rif Cordillera and the Saïss Basin (Fes and Rabat Regions, Morocco) |journal=Pure and Applied Geophysics |volume=161 |pages=521–540 |doi=10.1007/s00024-003-2461-6}}</ref> The most external part of the Rif is formed of a series of [[thrust fault]]s and related folds, referred to as the Prerif.<ref name="Cherkaoui_etal_2017">{{Cite journal |last=Cherkaoui |first=T.-E. |last2=Medina |first2=F. |last3=Mridekh |first3=A. |date=2017 |title=Re-examination of the historical 11 May, 1624 Fez earthquake parameters |journal=Física de la Tierra |volume=29 |pages=135–157 |doi=10.5209/FITE.57469}}</ref>
==Earthquake==
The magnitude of this event has been estimated from the distribution of [[seismic intensity|seismic intensities]], giving a mean value of 6.0 {{M|w}}. From a description of damage in contemporary reports, the seismic intensity associated with this earthquake is estimated to have been VIII–IX at Fez, VII–VIII at [[Meknès]] and [[Sefrou]], VII at Beni Zeroual, VI–VII at [[Taza]], VI at [[Beni Ouriaghel]], [[Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera|P.V. Gomera]] and [[Salé]], V at [[Melilla]] and IV at [[Safi, Morocco|Safi]].<ref name="Cherkaoui_etal_2017"/>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Earthquakes in Morocco]]
[[Category:1620s earthquakes]]
Okumaya devam et...
{{Infobox earthquake
| title = 1624 Fez earthquake
| pre-1900 = yes
| anss-url =
| isc-event =
| map =
| map2 = {{Location map| Morocco
|lat=34.1
|long=-5.1
|mark=Bullseye1.png
|marksize=45
|caption =
|label =
|float = center
|width = 260
|alt = Epicentre
|relief = yes
}}
| local-date = 11 May 1624
| local-time = 03:00–04:00
| image =
| magnitude = 6.0 {{M|w|link=yes}}
| depth =
| location = {{coord|34.1|-5.1|region
K_type:event|display=inline,title}}| type =
| countries affected = Morocco
| intensity = {{MSK-64|VIII}}-{{MSK-64|IX}}
| aftershocks =
| casualties = Thousands dead
| engvar = en-UK
}}
In 1624 the city of [[Fez, Morocco|Fez]] in northern [[Morocco]] was devastated by a major [[earthquake]] between three and four in the morning of 11 May. It had an estimated magnitude of 6.0 {{M|w|link=yes}} and a maximum felt [[seismic intensity|intensity]] of VIII–IX on the [[Medvedev–Sponheuer–Karnik scale|MSK scale]]. The earthquake caused severe damage in Fez and the surrounding area. It was felt as far away as [[Seville]] in southern Spain. Thousands of people died.
==Tectonic setting==
Fez lies within the southern part of the [[Rif]], which forms part of the [[Gibraltar Arc]]. The Rif and the [[Betic Cordillera]] were formed during the [[Cenozoic]], initially as a result of convergence between the [[African Plate]] and the [[Eurasian Plate]]. The collisional structure was modified during the [[Miocene]] by a combination of westward migration of the mountain belt and extension that resulted in formation of the [[Alboran Sea]]<ref name ="Fernandez">{{cite journal|last=Fernández-Ibañez|first=F.|author2=Soto, J.I. |author3=Zoback, M.D. |author4=Morales, J. |title=Present-day stress field in the Gibraltar Arc (western Mediterranean)|journal=Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth|date=2007|volume=112|issue=B8 |doi=10.1029/2006jb004683|doi-access=free}}</ref> The extension may be a result of [[back-arc basin]] formation related to [[subduction]] during the Miocene.<ref name="Pedrera">{{cite journal|last=Pedrera|first=A. |author2=Ruiz-Constán, A. |author3=Galindo-Zaldívar, J. |author4=Chalouan, A. |author5=Sanz de Galdeano, C. |author6=Marín-Lechado, C. |author7=Ruano, P. |author8=Benmakhlouf, M. |author9=Akil, M. |author10=López-Garrido, A.C. |author11=Chabli, A. |author12=Ahmamou, M. |author13=González-Castillo, L. |title=Is there an active subduction beneath the Gibraltar orogenic arc? Constraints from Pliocene to present-day stress field|journal=Journal of Geodynamics|date=2011|volume=52|issue=2|pages=83–96|doi=10.1016/j.jog.2010.12.003}}</ref> Although it remains unclear whether there is still active subduction, the convergence continues at a rate of 4 mm per year in a NW–SE direction.<ref name="Bargach_etal_2004">{{Cite journal |last=Bargach |first=K. |last2=Ruano |first2=P. |last3=Chabli |first3=S. |last4=Galindo-Zaldivar |first4=J. |last5=Chalouan |first5=A. |last6=Jabaloy |first6=A. |last7=Akil |first7=M. |last8=Ahmamou |first8=M. |last9=Sanz de Galdeano |first9=C. |last10=Benmakhlouf |first10=M. |date=2004 |title=Recent Tectonic Deformations and Stresses in the Frontal Part of the Rif Cordillera and the Saïss Basin (Fes and Rabat Regions, Morocco) |journal=Pure and Applied Geophysics |volume=161 |pages=521–540 |doi=10.1007/s00024-003-2461-6}}</ref> The most external part of the Rif is formed of a series of [[thrust fault]]s and related folds, referred to as the Prerif.<ref name="Cherkaoui_etal_2017">{{Cite journal |last=Cherkaoui |first=T.-E. |last2=Medina |first2=F. |last3=Mridekh |first3=A. |date=2017 |title=Re-examination of the historical 11 May, 1624 Fez earthquake parameters |journal=Física de la Tierra |volume=29 |pages=135–157 |doi=10.5209/FITE.57469}}</ref>
==Earthquake==
The magnitude of this event has been estimated from the distribution of [[seismic intensity|seismic intensities]], giving a mean value of 6.0 {{M|w}}. From a description of damage in contemporary reports, the seismic intensity associated with this earthquake is estimated to have been VIII–IX at Fez, VII–VIII at [[Meknès]] and [[Sefrou]], VII at Beni Zeroual, VI–VII at [[Taza]], VI at [[Beni Ouriaghel]], [[Peñón de Vélez de la Gomera|P.V. Gomera]] and [[Salé]], V at [[Melilla]] and IV at [[Safi, Morocco|Safi]].<ref name="Cherkaoui_etal_2017"/>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
[[Category:Earthquakes in Morocco]]
[[Category:1620s earthquakes]]
Okumaya devam et...