Washington in the last 130 years. A future large earthquake close to Vancouver, Victoria, or Seattle would cause tens of billions … struck the coastal Pacific Northwest on average once every 500 years over the last several thousand years; another earthquake … future large earthquakes in the region. Much of the earthquake damage will result directly from ground shaking, but damage …

significantly altered the conditions of the slopes, thereby increasing the degree of landslide hazard present in these areas …

paper is to evaluate the site amplification due to geological conditions and to assess the liquefaction hazard. In order to … first scenario was based on the seismic parameters, earthquake magnitude and PGA, assigned by the Greek Seismic Code. On the … second seismic model, we employed the values of acceleration, resulted from the 1-D analyses and the earthquake magnitude as …

consolidated effect of all major earthquake hazards and hazard influencing parameters. The present work will provide new directions … will help in identifying regions having high seismic hazard which is vital for engineering design and land-use planning … east coast of South India, based on the spatial distribution of the hazard index value. The hazard index represents the …

hence this aspect has to be considered in earthquake-resistant design of foundations/structures in Guwahati city. Copyright …

triggered by the Boumerdes earthquake (M <Subscript>w</Subscript> = 6.8) on 21 May 2003, and (iii) landslides that are … threatening Constantine city, for which a hazard map is presented using a qualitative approach. We briefly describe and analyze … recordings and electrical imagery to help evaluate their extent and potential threat. Finally a landslide hazard map of …

additional damage and casualties in the earthquake-affected areas. In order to reduce the impacts of geo-hazards, several …. Strategies toward risk mitigation in the country are addressed, and a number of indices for the assessment of the geo-hazard risk …

during the Loma Prieta earthquake of 17 October 1989. Damaged areas included maritime-port facilities, office buildings, and …

Co-seismic phenomena along the south coastline included liquefaction, subsidenceand tsunami. Construction on areas … more in areas of unconsolidated sediments. One or more tsunami struck immediately after the event; the uniformity of … tsunami impact indicating a wave coming from 310° suggests that submarine faulting was the major source of tsunami. Over 800 …