Retrospective prediction of macroseismic intensities using strong ground motion simulation: The case of the 1978 thessaloniki (Greece) earthquake (M6.5)

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 101-130

  Theodulidis, Nikolaos ^a   Roumelioti, Zafeiria ^b   Panou, Areti ^a,b   Savvaidis, Alexandros ^a   Kiratzi, Anastasia ^b   Grigoriadis, Vassilios ^b   Dimitriu, Petros ^a   Chatzigogos, Theodoros ^b  

^a Institute of Engineering Seismology and Earthquake Engineering Thessaloniki   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Ambient noise; Macroseismic intensity; Seismic hazard; Stochastic simulation; Thessaloniki 1978 earthquake

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKES; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; HAZARDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

AMBIENT NOISE; MACROSEISMIC INTENSITY; SEISMIC HAZARDS; STOCHASTIC SIMULATION; THESSALONIKI 1978 EARTHQUAKE;

SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

AMBIENT NOISE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; GEOTECHNICAL SURVEY; GIS; SEISMIC HAZARD; SOIL STRUCTURE; STOCHASTICITY;

CENTRAL MACEDONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THESSALONIKI [CENTRAL MACEDONIA];

THESSALONIKI;

EID: 33646180556     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-006-9001-6     Document Type: Article

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