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Earthquake Hazard and Risk

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  • © 1996

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Editors:
  1. Vladimír Schenk

    1. Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics, Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

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Part of the book series: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research (NTHR, volume 6)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Seismicity, Stress Fields and Focal Mechanism

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Low Energy Sequences in Areas with High Seismic Potential: Benevento (Southern Apennines), April 1990

      • Giuliana Alessio, Antonella Gorini, Giuseppe Vilardo, Giovanni Iannaccone
      Pages 3-16

    3. The Probability of the Time Occurrence of Strong Earthquake for Some Zones in Albania

      • V. Peçi
      Pages 17-23

    4. Statistical Estimation of the Maximum Magnitude and its Uncertainty from a Catalogue Including Magnitude Errors

      • B. Osher
      Pages 25-37

    5. Estimation of Upper Bound Magnitude in Earthquake Hazard Assessment in Slovenia

      • J. K. Lapajne, B. Šket Motnikar
      Pages 39-48

    6. The Analysis of the Spatial-Temporal Structure of Seismicity in the Baikal Rift Zone

      • A. V. Solonenko, N. V. Solonenko, V. I. Melnikova, E. A. Shteiman
      Pages 49-62

    7. Changes of the State of Stress and Deformation in Epicentral Zones During the Aftershock Period

      • Yu. P. Skovorodkin, T. V. Guseva, L. S. Bezuglaja
      Pages 63-76

    8. Dispersion and Probability Density Function for Focal Mechanism Tensors

      • S. G. Tyuleneva, S. L. Yunga
      Pages 77-84

  3. Earthquake Hazard and Seismic Risk

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
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    2. Preliminary Seismic Hazard Assessment for the Italian Seismic Code

      • D. Slejko, GNDT Working Group “Seismic Hazard”
      Pages 87-124

    3. Earthquake Hazard Assessment for the Czech Republic and Adjacent Area

      • V. Schenk, Z. Schenková, P. Kottnauer
      Pages 125-140

    4. Sensitivity of seismic hazard estimates to the use of historical site data

      • M. Mucciarelli, D. Albarello, M. Stucchi
      Pages 141-151

    5. Recent Trends in Regional and Global Seismic Hazard Assessment

      • D. Giardini, E. Boschi
      Pages 153-168

    6. Importance of Geological Data in Probalistic Seismic Hazard Assessments: A Case Study from ETNE, Western Norway

      • K. Atakan, M. R. Karpuz, S. O. Dahl
      Pages 169-198

    7. Expert System for Earthquake Hazard Assessment: ESEHA

      • Zhu Yueqing, Andreas Vogel, Hao Ping
      Pages 199-209

    8. Estimating Losses from Future Earthquakes in China

      • Chen Yong, Chen Xinglian, Fuzhengxiang Yin Zhiqian, Yan Mandong
      Pages 211-220

    9. Earthquake Risk Assessment in Greece

      • G. A. Papadopoulos, A. Arvanitides
      Pages 221-229

    10. The Optical Disk “Spitak Earthquake of 1988”

      • G. Sobolev, Yu. Tyupkin, I. Frolov, N. Sergeyeva, S. Arefev, A. Govorov et al.
      Pages 231-238

  4. Strong Ground Motion and Microzonation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 239-239
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About this book

Earthquake Hazard and Risk is a book summarizing selected papers presented at the 27th General Assembly of the International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior (Wellington, January 1994).
The papers, rigorously scrutinized by an international board of referees, cover some recent aspects of current research in earthquake hazard and seismic risk. They address the algorithms and methodology used in seismological applications, the reliability of these techniques with the decreasing level of probability and uncertainty associated with various seismotectonic settings, the physical and statistical nature of earthquake occurrences, strong ground motions and effects of surface seismogeological conditions. A special effort has been made to include papers that illustrate the assessment of earthquake hazard and seismic risk through applications at sites in either inter-plate or intra-plate tectonic settings. Of particular interest is hazard assessment in regions of rare large earthquakes.
The book is suitable for those interested in earthquake hazard and seismic risk research as well as a more general audience of seismologists, geophysicists and Earth scientists. It is also useful for authorities responsible for public safety and natural hazard mitigation plans and for insurance companies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Rock Structure and Mechanics, Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic

    Vladimír Schenk

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