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Seismicity and Earthquake Risk In Portugal

2012
The workshop “Earthquake monitoring and Earthquake Risk in WEstern Mediterranean” (EERWEM) will summarize the current knowledge, on-going projects and research plans with regard to seismic activity and risk in the region. This work is organized in two topics: i) presentation of our current research on seismic activity and earthquake risk in the Western
Bezzeghoud, M., Borges, J.F., Caldeira, B., Grandin, R.   +3 more
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Reducing Earthquake Risk

Science, 2013
How can a higher level of earthquake preparedness be achieved, particularly in developing nations?
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Earthquake Risk Insurance [PDF]

, 2012
Olivier Mahul, Emily White
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Earthquake Risk Assessment

2016
This article discusses the importance of assessing and estimating the risk of earthquakes. It begins with an overview of earthquake prediction and relevant terms, namely: earthquake hazard, maximum credible earthquake magnitude, exposure time, earthquake risk, and return time.
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Balance of Risks and Benefits in Preparation for Earthquakes

Science, 1991
Widespread proposals to benefit from lessons of the 17 October 1989 (Loma Prieta) earthquake dramatize the difficulties associated with reducing seismic risk. There are three main problems. First, the understanding of earthquake generation is far from complete.
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Earthquake risk assessment of building structures

Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 2001
Abstract During the past two decades, probabilistic risk analysis tools have been applied to assess the performance of new and existing building structural systems. Structural design and evaluation of buildings and other facilities with regard to their ability to withstand the effects of earthquakes requires special considerations that are not ...
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Earthquake risk assessment in NE India using deep learning and geospatial analysis

Geoscience Frontiers, 2021
Sambit Prasanajit Naik, Pradhan B, Abdullah AL Amri   +2 more
exaly  

The nature of earthquake risk

2020
Damian Grant, Edmund Booth
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Perception of Earthquake Risk in Taiwan: Effects of Gender and Past Earthquake Experience

Risk Analysis, 2012
Sue-Huei Chen
exaly  

INFORMAL DISCUSSION. EARTHQUAKE RISK AND EARTHQUAKE REINSURANCE.

Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1976
DB O NEILL, TR MONTEATH, WDC MURRAY
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