Electronic Supplement to

Macroseismic Interpretation of the 1812 Earthquakes in Venezuela Using Intensity Uncertainties and A Priori Fault-Strike Information.

by José E. Choy, Christl Palme, Carlos Guada, María Morandi and Stephanie Klarica.


Documents.

  1. Relation du dernier tremblement de terre de Caracas.
Part of the original article published by Louis Delpech, a french official stationed in Caracas in 1812, in:   Le Journal de Paris, may 15th 1813, Paris, France.
  1. An account of the earthquake of Caracas.
Part of the document published by Francisco Fajardo  in: Quarterly Journal of Science, N° 2, 1816. Note that Francisco Fajardo was not in Caracas during the earthquake, he experienced the earthquake in Barinas a village several hundreds of kilometers away from Caracas and from Barquisimeto. The document was taken from:  PDVSA, Código Geológico de Venezuela (http://www.pdv.com/lexico/pioneros/palacio.htm).
  1. El Terremoto del año 1812.
Extract of the document published by L. M. Buroz, an eye-witness who experienced the earthquake in Caracas. Taken from: Centeno Graü, M. (1969). Estudios sismológicos Biblioteca de la Academia de Ciencias Físicas, Matemáticas y Naturales, Caracas, Venezuela. Published in: STSHV (http://sismicidad.ciens.ula.ve).
 

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