Acknowledgements
We want to acknowledge all the people and institutions that have contributed and helped to the accomplishment of this visit, and in a personal way to the following persons:
Mr. Jaume Miranda, Director of Institut Cartogràfic de Catalunya, for all the facilities of the fieldtrip.
Dr. Taj-Eddine Cherkaoui, del SPGM for supporting this field work and in particular for the topographic and geologic maps 1:50.000.
Mr.Haddour Horache, manager of the Urban Regional Agency of Taza-Al Hoceima, for the work meetings with the architects on the field works made by them and the ONG, Emergency Architects.
Mr. Mohammed Temsamani of the company Salam Gaz, and manager of the Club Mediterranée at Ajdir for the facilities given for the good operation of the accelerometers in their installations.
Drs. Stéphane Baize and Marc Cushing from IRSN (France), Dr. Philippe Combes from GEOTER and Dr. Jean Luc Morel, for the geologic and tectonic information about Rif.
Dr. Omar Ben Brahim del CNRM, for the epicentral information and the field observations,
Dr. A. Roca, head of Geological Survey of ICC and Dr. M. Masses, head of CRECIT for their support given to the expedition.
Dr. Teresa Susagna from ICC, for the support and quick processing of records.
Mr. Jorge Fleta (ICC), for the web and the spanish version of the text.
Mr. Vicenç Palà (ICC), for his help in gathering the satellite images.
Mrs. Janira Irizarry (ICC), for the translation and reviewing of the text.
Mrs. Natàlia Gallego (CRECIT) for the french version of the text.