Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment for the main cities along the continental section of the Cameroon volcanic line

Ndibi, Etoundi Delair Dieudonné; Mbossi, Eddy Ferdinand; Wokwenmendam, Nguet Pauline; Ateba, Bekoa; Ndougsa‐Mbarga, Théophile

doi:10.1007/s12517-021-07033-2

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“…Around 80% of all seismic events in Cameroon occur at shallow depths of less than 10% [12]. Ndibi et al [66] compiled an earthquake catalogue on the CVL from 1900 to 2010 that shows the biggest magnitude earthquakes above 3.9 Mw (Table 1).…”

Section: Earthquakesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Concise Appraisal of Cameroon’s Hazard Risk Profile: Multi-Hazard Inventories, Causes, Consequences and Implications for Disaster Management

Bang

2022

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The paucity of a comprehensive document on Cameroon’s hazard/disaster risk profile is a limitation to the country wide risk assessment and adequate disaster resilience. This article narrows this gap by retrospectively exploring Cameroon’s hazard/disaster profile. This has been achieved through an investigative approach that applies a set of qualitative methods to derive and articulate an inventory and analysis of hazards/disasters in Cameroon. The findings indicate that Cameroon has a wide array and high incidence/frequency of hazards that have had devastating consequences. The hazards have been structured along four profiles: a classification of all hazard types plaguing Cameroon into natural, potentially socio-natural, technological, and social and anthropogenic hazards; occurrence/origin of the hazards; their impacts/effects to the ‘at risk’ communities/populace and potential disaster management or mitigation measures. In-depth analysis indicate that natural hazards have the lowest frequency but the potential to cause the highest fatalities in a single incident; potentially socio-natural hazards affect the largest number of people and the widest geographical areas, technological hazards have the highest frequency of occurrence; while social/anthropogenic hazards are the newest in the country but have caused the highest population displacement. Arguably, the multi-hazard/disaster inventory presented in this article serves as a vital preliminary step to a more comprehensive profile of Cameroon’s disaster risk profile.

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Section: Earthquakesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although Cameroon is rated as low in seismic hazards [76], seismic shocks preceding Mt Cameroon eruptions have damaged houses in the past [66]. Later eruptions may be more damaging considering the increasing population densities and infrastructural development in urban areas within the vicinity of the volcano like Buea and Limbe.…”

Section: Earthquakesmentioning

confidence: 99%