Regional seismic hazard posed by the Mentawai segment of the Sumatran megathrust

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 2 A, 2009, Pages 566-584

  Megawati, Kusnowidjaja ^a   Pan, Tso Chien ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT PRACTICES; GROUND MOTIONS; HIGH RISE BUILDING; MAJOR CITIES; RESPONSE SPECTRA; RISK LEVELS; RUPTURE AREAS; SEISMIC CODE; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SEISMIC SOURCE; SIMULATION RESULT; SINGAPORE; SLIP AMPLITUDE; SOIL SITES; SUMATRA;

EARTHQUAKES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; TALL BUILDINGS;

SEISMIC DESIGN;

BUILDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GROUND MOTION; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC HAZARD; SLIP RATE; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; THRUST;

ASIA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; JAVA; KUALA LUMPUR [WEST MALAYSIA]; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; MALAY PENINSULA; MALAYSIA; MENTAWAI ISLANDS; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES; WEST MALAYSIA; WEST SUMATRA;

EID: 67649983979     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120080109     Document Type: Article

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