Reconstruction of earthquake hazard in regions of sparse seismic monitoring

Amr S. Elnashai

doi:10.1007/s11803-007-0707-5

Reconstruction of earthquake hazard in regions of sparse seismic monitoring

Amr S. Elnashai

College of Engineering

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Studying strong motion records and the spatial distribution of ground shaking is of great importance in understanding the underlying causes of damage in earthquakes. Many regions in the world are either not instrumented or are sparsely instrumented. As such, significant opportunities for motion-damage correlations are lost. Two recent and damaging earthquakes belong to the class of lost opportunities, namely the Kashmir (Pakistan) earthquake of October 2005 and the Yogyakarta (Indonesia) earthquake of May 2006. In this paper, an overview of the importance of supply and demand studies in earthquake-stricken regions is given, followed by two examples of investigative engineering seismology aimed at reconstructing the hazard from sparse data. The paper closes with a plea for responsible authorities to invest in seismic monitoring networks in the very near future.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	99-109
Number of pages	11
Journal	Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration
Volume	6
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11803-007-0707-5
State	Published - Jun 2007

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Civil and Structural Engineering
Building and Construction
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
Mechanical Engineering

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