Urban seismic risk index for Medellín, Colombia, based on probabilistic loss and casualties estimations [PDF]
The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11069-015-2056-4Medellín is the second largest city of Colombia with more than 2 million inhabitants according to the latest census and with more than 240,000 public and ...
Barbat Barbat, Horia Alejandro +5 more
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Uncertainty and Spatial Correlation of Earthquake Ground Motion in Taiwan
In this work we analyzed characteristics of aleatory variability with regard to intra-event and inter-event components in the prediction of peak ground acceleration in Taiwan and the spatial (site-to-site) correlation of ground motion residuals.
Vladimir Sokolov +3 more
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Probabilistic earthquake-tsunami multi-hazard analysis:application to the Tohoku region, Japan [PDF]
This study develops a novel simulation-based procedure for the estimation of the likelihood that seismic intensity (in terms of spectral acceleration) and tsunami inundation (in terms of wave height), at a particular location, will exceed given hazard ...
De Risi, Raffaele, Goda, Katsu
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Rapid estimation of parameters related to the 28 March 2025 M7.9 earthquake in Myanmar
At 14:20 (Beijing time) on March 28, 2025, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck the Mandalay region in central Myanmar. In response, the Institute of Geophysics, China Earthquake Administration, initiated a rapid scientific assessment involving ...
Yongzhe Wang +4 more
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Earthquake early warning and operational earthquake forecasting as real-time hazard information to mitigate seismic risk at nuclear facilities [PDF]
Based on our experience in the project REAKT, we present a methodological framework to evaluate the potential benefits and costs of using Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) and Operational Earthquake Forecasting (OEF) for real-time mitigation of seismic risk
Auclair, Samuel +7 more
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On January 23,2024 at 02:09 (Beijing time), the MS7.1 earthquake occurred in Wushi county, Aksu Prefecture, Xinjiang. The Institute of Geophysics, China Earthquake Administration initiated a rapid response after the earthquake, organized researchers in ...
Zhe Zhang +5 more
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At 23:59 on December 18, 2023 (Beijing time), a M6.2 earthquake occurred in the Gansu Province of Jishishan. The Institute of Geophysics,China Earthquake Administration initiated the response mechanism after this earthquake and organized geophysics ...
Xiangyun Guo +7 more
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Macro-scale vulnerability assessment of cities using Association Rule Learning [PDF]
International audienceIn this paper, a datamining method based on Association Rule Learning (ARL) is applied to define a vulnerability proxy between the elementary characteristics of buildings and the vulnerability classes of the European Macroseismic ...
Cottaz, Stéphanie +3 more
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Quick output parameters related to the 7 January 2025 M6.8 earthquake in Dingri County, Xizang
At 09:05 on January 7, 2025 (Beijing time), a magnitude 6.8 earthquake occurred in Dingri, Xizang Autonomous Region. The Institute of Geophysics, China Earthquake Administration launched a rapid earthquake emergency response after the earthquake, and ...
Kun Chen +6 more
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The 2015 Gorkha Nepal Earthquake: Insights from Earthquake Damage Survey [PDF]
The 2015 Gorkha Nepal earthquake caused tremendous damage and loss. To gain valuable lessons from this tragic event, an earthquake damage investigation team was dispatched to Nepal from 1 May 2015 to 7 May 2015.
Chiaro, Gabriele +6 more
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