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The 1940 Vrancea Earthquake. Issues, Insights and Lessons Learnt

Proceedings of the Symposium Commemorating 75 Years from November 10, 1940 Vrancea Earthquake

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  • © 2016

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Editors:
  1. Radu Vacareanu

    1. Engg of Bucharest, Technical Univ of Civil, Bucharest, Romania

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  2. Constantin Ionescu

    1. National Institute for Earth Physics, Magurele, Romania

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  • The only comprehensive book on the 1940 Vrancea earthquake, the largest intermediate-depth earthquake in Europe in the 20th century
  • Re-examines the seismic effects of the 1940 Vrancea earthquake and uses state-of-the-art knowledge to assess and share the most important lessons
  • Includes a chapter with the most relevant information on the aftermath of the earthquake for the benefit of the international scientific community
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Natural Hazards (SPRINGERNAT)

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Table of contents (34 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Effects and Lessons from November 10th, 1940 Vrancea Earthquake

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Overview of Part I

      • Alexandru Aldea, Mircea Radulian
      Pages 3-17

    3. The Strong Romanian Earthquakes of 10.11.1940 and 4.03.1977. Lessons Learned and Forgotten?

      • Andrei Bala, Dragos Toma-Danila
      Pages 19-35

    4. Before and After November 10th, 1940 Earthquake

      • Ileana Calotescu, Cristian Neagu, Dan Lungu
      Pages 37-55

    5. The Collapse of Carlton Building in Bucharest at November 10, 1940 Earthquake: An Analysis Based on Recovered Images

      • Emil-Sever Georgescu
      Pages 57-72

    6. Main Characteristics of November 10, 1940 Strong Vrancea Earthquake in Seismological and Physics of Earthquake Terms

      • Gheorghe Marmureanu, Carmen Ortanza Cioflan, Alexandru Marmureanu, Elena Florinela Manea
      Pages 73-83

    7. The 10 November 1940—The First Moment of Truth for Modern Constructions in Romania

      • Radu Petrovici
      Pages 85-99

    8. Macroseismic Effect of the November 10, 1940 Earthquake in the Territory of Moldova, Ukraine and Russia

      • Nila Stepanenco, Vladlen Cardanet
      Pages 101-112

    9. Causes and Effects of the November 10, 1940 Earthquake

      • Ion Vlad
      Pages 113-128

  3. Seismicity of Romania. Seismic Hazard Assessment; Local Soil Conditions Effect

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129
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    2. Overview of Part II: Seismicity of Romania. Seismic Hazard Assessment; Local Soil Conditions Effects

      • Mihaela Popa, Florin Pavel
      Pages 131-134

    3. Use of Various Discrimination Techniques to Separate Small Magnitude Events Occurred in the Northern Part of Romania

      • Felix Borleanu, Bogdan Grecu, Mihaela Popa, Mircea Radulian
      Pages 135-150

    4. Prediction of Site Characterization Based on Field Investigations and Empirical Correlations

      • Elena-Andreea CălăraÅŸu, Cristian Arion, Cristian Neagu
      Pages 151-168

    5. Spectral Displacement Demands for Strong Ground Motions Recorded During Vrancea Intermediate-Depth Earthquakes

      • Ionut Craciun, Radu Vacareanu, Florin Pavel
      Pages 169-188

    6. Analysis of the Seismic Activity in the Vrancea Intermediate-Depth Source Region During the Period 2010–2015

      • Andreea Craiu, Mihail Diaconescu, Marius Craiu, Alexandru Marmureanu, Constantin Ionescu
      Pages 189-203

    7. A Contemporary View to the Impact of the Strong Vrancea Earthquakes on Bulgaria

      • Mihaela Kouteva-Guentcheva, Krasimir Boshnakov
      Pages 205-219

    8. Site Dependent Seismic Hazard Assessment for Bucharest Based on Stochastic Simulations

      • Florin Pavel, Daniel Ciuiu, Radu Vacareanu
      Pages 221-233

    9. Scaling Properties for the Vrancea Subcrustal Earthquakes: An Overview

      • Emilia Popescu, Mircea Radulian, Anica Otilia Placinta
      Pages 235-252

    10. The 2013 Earthquake Swarm in the Galati Area: First Results for a Seismotectonic Interpretation

      • Mihaela Popa, Eugen Oros, Corneliu Dinu, Mircea Radulian, Felix Borleanu, Maria Rogozea et al.
      Pages 253-265
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About this book

These proceedings include most of the available information on this major seismic event and its consequences. With an estimated moment magnitude of 7.7 and a heavy toll in terms of human and economic losses, it ranks as the largest intermediate-depth earthquake in Europe in the twentieth century. Nevertheless, because of the difficult conditions in the 1940s, the lessons learnt after the Vrancea earthquake were not extensively shared with the international scientific community and thus, this book fills a gap in the literature discussing the knowledge acquired after major disasters.

Past experience together with current understanding of the 1940 Vrancea earthquake are presented along with the latest information on Romanian seismicity, seismic hazard and risk assessment, and seismic evaluation and rehabilitation of buildings and structures. Moreover, it includes excerpts from Romanian post-disaster reports and textbooks concerning the earthquake. 

Editors and Affiliations

  • Engg of Bucharest, Technical Univ of Civil, Bucharest, Romania

    Radu Vacareanu

  • National Institute for Earth Physics, Magurele, Romania

    Constantin Ionescu

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The 1940 Vrancea Earthquake. Issues, Insights and Lessons Learnt

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Symposium Commemorating 75 Years from November 10, 1940 Vrancea Earthquake

  • Editors: Radu Vacareanu, Constantin Ionescu

  • Series Title: Springer Natural Hazards

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29844-3

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-29843-6Published: 03 March 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80668-6Published: 07 April 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-29844-3Published: 02 March 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2365-0656

  • Series E-ISSN: 2365-0664

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 521

  • Number of Illustrations: 112 b/w illustrations, 204 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Natural Hazards, Structural Geology, Building Construction and Design

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