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LITERATURE SURVEY OF AVAILABLE EARTHQUAKE HAZARD ASSESSMENT STUDIES RELATED TO NORTH EASTERN REGION (2015)
 
<p>The Northeast India region is one of the most active zones in the world; the region is jawed between the two arcs, the Himalayan arc to the north and the Indo-Burmese arc to the east. The region bounded by latitude 22-290N and longitude 90-980 E, produced ...
Reference: ASSAM STATE DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY GOVT. OF ASSAM GUWAHATI 2015
SEISMIC HAZARD AND RISK ASSESSMENT OF TURKEY (2014)
<p>Turkey, being located in a highly seismically active region, has experienced several devastating earthquakes throughout its history. The recent Mw 7.4 1999 Kocaeli and Mw 7.2 2011 Van earthquakes caused a considerable amount of economical losses and physical ...
Reference: Second European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Istanbul Aug. 25-29, 2014
LOSS ESTIMATION IN CHRISTCHURCH CBD FOLLOWING RECENT EARTHQUAKES: VALIDATION AND REFINEMENT OF CURRENT PROCEDURES (2012)
In this paper, a loss estimation evaluation for Christchurch CBD, with focus on reinforced concrete (RC) buildings, is conducted with the main aim to improve the reliability of current procedures to support the aforementioned decision-making process. Comparisons ...
Reference: NZSEE Annual Technical Conference & AGM, 13-15 April 2012, Christchurch
STRESS FIELD AROUND THE COLOUMBO MAGMA CHAMBER, SOUTHERN AEGEAN: ITS SIGNIFICANCE FOR ASSESSING VOLCANIC AND SEISMIC HAZARD IN SANTORINI (2012)
<p>Coloumbo submarine volcano lies 6.5 km offshore the NE part ofthe Santorini island complex and exhibits high seismicity along with vigorous hydrothermal activity. This study models the local stress field around Coloumbo&rsquo;s magma chamber and investigates ...
Reference: Journal of Geodynamics 54 (2012) 13–20
DETERMINISTIC SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS FOR THE CITY OF CORINTH-CENTRAL GREECE (2011)
In this paper deterministic seismic hazard analysis was performed for the city of Corinth.
Reference: JOURNAL OF THE BALKAN GEOPHYSICAL SOCIETY, Vol. 14, No. 1, March 2011
GOODNESS-OF-FIT CRITERIA FOR BROADBAND SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAMS, WITH APPLICATION TO THE 2008 MW 5.4 CHINO HILLS, CALIFORNIA, EARTHQUAKE (2010)
<p>Broadband synthetics obtained from scenario simulations of earthquakes with a frequency content between 0 and 10 Hz, referred to hereafter as &ldquo;BBSs,&rdquo; are playing an increasingly important role in seismic hazard analysis. An example is the Great ...
Reference: Seismological Research Letters Volume 81, Number 5 September/October 2010
SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT – A HOLISTIC MICROZONATION APPROACH (2009)
The probable mitigation and management issues of seismic hazard necessitate seismic microzonation for hazard and risk assessment at the local level. Such studies are preceded with those at a regional level. A comprehensive framework, therefore, encompasses ...
Reference: Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 9, 1445–1459, 2009
SEISMIC DESIGN OF STONECUTTERS BRIDGE, HONG KONG (2008)
Stonecutters Bridge will have a main span of 1018m to cross the Rambler Channel in Hong Kong, China. The 1596m long cable stayed bridge has a steel main span and concrete back spans. The tapered mono column towers stand on the bridge centre line between the ...
Reference: The 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering October 12-17, 2008, Beijing, China
GRACE DETECTS COSEISMIC AND POSTSEISMIC DEFORMATION FROM THESUMATRA-ANDAMAN EARTHQUAKE (2007)
In this study is shown that spherical harmonic (SH) solutions of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) are now of sufficient quality to observe effects of co-seismic and post-seismic deformation due to the rupture from the Mw = 9.3 Sumatra-Andaman ...
Reference: GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 34, L13302, 2007
SEISMIC HAZARD IN KARACHI, PAKISTAN: UNCERTAIN PAST, UNCERTAIN FUTURE (2007)
In this report is presented a critical review of the historical record as well as an overview of potential earthquake sources in and around Karachi.
Reference: Seismological Research Letters Volume 78, Number 6 November/December 2007