G. Musonda1
1Geological Survey Department
Abstract:
Earthquake activity in Zambia is closely associated with the Zambian Area of East Africa Rift system (EARS). Seismicity level in southern Africa is normally low. In Zambia seismicity is diffuse, earthquakes of magnitudes Ms>5.0 may occur. Seismicity catalogues are one of the most important products of seismology. They provide a comprehensive database used to assess seismicity, applied in seismo-tectonics earthquake physics or seismic hazard analysis. Issues with investigation of seismicity in Kaputa and Nsama area were caused by lack of regional seismic stations, low frequency of earthquake occurrence in the area and problems with source azimuth and magnitude estimation.
