A check-up on seismic hazard assessment: Tirana case study.

Autor: Kociaj, Siasi, Pitarka, Arben
Zdroj: Natural Hazards; Sep1990, Vol. 3 Issue 3, p293-303, 11p
Abstrakt: Based on the data of consequences of the 9 January 1988 earthquake that hit Tirana city, a comparative study is made of these consequences with the seismic hazard assessment by microzoning studies finished on the eve of this earthquake. It is shown that the methodologies used to assess the seismic hazard by engineering geology, geophysical, instrumental and analytical methods, follows the same trends as the distribution of the consequences of this earthquake. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index