Seismic Microzonation in Hurghada City (EGYPT)

QGIS geoprocessing model to simplify first level seismic microzonation analysis

The seismic microzonation evaluate the seismic hazard at the local scale proposing to identify areas of territory characterized by homogeneous seismic behaviors. The first level of seismic microzoning has the purpose of defining the lithological properties and geometry of geological units that characterize these portions of territory (microzones). The scope of this work is to contribute to the ...

An Updated Seismic Source Model for Egypt

Seismic Microzonation of Breginjski Kot (NW Slovenia) Based on Detailed Engineering Geological Mapping

Breginjski kot is among the most endangered seismic zones in Slovenia with the seismic hazard assessed to intensity IX MSK and the design ground acceleration of 0.250 g, both for 500-year return period. The most destructive was the 1976 Friuli Mw = 6.4 earthquake which had maximum intensity VIII-IX. Since the previous microzonation of the area was based solely on the basic geological map and di...

A Workshop on Microzonation ©Interline Publishing, Bangalore Support Vector Machine for Evaluating Seismic Liquefaction Potential Using Shear Wave Velocity

The use of the shear wave velocity data as a field index for evaluating the liquefaction potential of sands is receiving increased attention because both shear wave velocity and liquefaction resistance are similarly influenced by many of the same factors such as void ratio, state of stress, stress history and geologic age. In this paper, the potential of support vector machines (SVM) based clas...

Simulation of seismic response in an idealized city

A noticeable feature of many earthquake-prone cities such as Kobe (Japan), Izmit (Turkey), Nice (France), Mexico City, Los Angeles etc., is that they are partially or wholly built on soft soil. A straightforward 1D analysis (which takes no account of the presence of the buildings) shows that the soft layer increases the seismic vulnerability of the city in that it is responsible for amplificati...