Citizen / General public
Researcher
Student / Future student
Company
Public partner
Journalist
Teacher / Pupil

Publication of the book “Les séismes des Antilles” (Earthquakes in the French West Indies)

The French West Indies are classified as France's maximum seismic risk zone. Although moderate in scale, the earthquakes in Les Saintes (2004) and Martinique (2007) left their mark. But today, what scientists fear is a major deep-sea event, which would have effects on the entire arc and could trigger a tsunami.

Publication of the book “Les séismes des Antilles” (Earthquakes in the French West Indies)

Publication date: 01/01/2016

Research

Related themes : Natural Hazards

The recent mega-earthquakes in Indonesia and Japan suggest that the risk in subduction zones may have been underestimated.

This book sheds new light on the seismic risk in the French West Indies. It brings scientific questions and the limits of our knowledge back to the heart of a little-known issue, and also highlights the need for individual awareness and for each and every one of us to behave responsibly.

 

Les séismes des Antilles, by François Beauducel (IPGP, seismology team), Scitep éditions. Foreword by Nathalie Feuillet (IPGP, lithosphere tectonics and mechanics team)

Latest news
Ancient preserved heterogeneities discovered in Mars’ mantle thanks to data from the InSight mission
Ancient preserved heterogeneities discovered in Mars’ mantle thanks to data from the InSight mission
An international team led by Imperial College London, the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris / Université Paris Cité, Johns Hopkins University, th...
Melting planets reveal the internal history of rocky worlds
Melting planets reveal the internal history of rocky worlds
An international research team, led by scientists from the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP) in collaboration with researchers from Canada...
The oldest trace of a marine sedimentary environment?
The oldest trace of a marine sedimentary environment?
A new study conducted at the IPGP by Zhengyu Long, a PhD student in cosmochemistry, reveals that the Akilia rock in Greenland — over 3.6 billion years...
Soil erosion in mountain environments accelerated by agro-pastoral activities for 3,800 years
Soil erosion in mountain environments accelerated by agro-pastoral activities for 3,800 years
Over the last 3,800 years, agro-pastoral activities have accelerated alpine soil erosion at a pace 4-10 times faster than their natural formation.