Seismic hazard map of the Middle East

The collaborative project Earthquake Model of the Middle East (EMME, 2010–2015) brought together scientists and engineers from the leading research institutions in the region and delivered state-of-the-art seismic hazard assessment covering Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Ir...

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Published in:Bulletin of earthquake engineering 2018-08, Vol.16 (8), p.3567-3570
Main Authors: Giardini, Domenico, Danciu, Laurentiu, Erdik, Mustafa, Şeşetyan, Karin, Demircioğlu Tümsa, Mine B., Akkar, Sinan, Gülen, Levent, Zare, Mehdi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Civil Engineering
Data banks
Earth and Environmental Science
Earth Sciences
Earthquakes
Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology
Geological faults
Geological hazards
Geophysics/Geodesy
Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences
Ground motion
Hazard assessment
Hydrogeology
Original Research Paper
R&D
Research & development
Research institutions
Seismic activity
Seismic engineering
Seismic hazard
Structural Geology
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Summary:The collaborative project Earthquake Model of the Middle East (EMME, 2010–2015) brought together scientists and engineers from the leading research institutions in the region and delivered state-of-the-art seismic hazard assessment covering Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Pakistan, Syria and Turkey. Their efforts have been materialized in the first homogenized seismic hazard model comprising earthquake catalogues, mapped active faults, strong motions databank, ground motion models and the estimated ground motion values for various intensity measure types and relevant return periods (e.g. 475–5000 years). The reference seismic hazard map of the Middle East, depicts the mean values of peak ground acceleration with a 10% chance of exceedance in 50 years, corresponding to a mean return period of 475 years. A full resolution poster is provided with this contribution.
ISSN:1570-761X
1573-1456
DOI:10.1007/s10518-018-0347-3