Seismic microzonation of the city of Catania for the Etna earthquake (M=6.2) of February 20, 1818

8th US National Conference on Earthquake Engineering 2006

Volumn 16, Issue , 2006, Pages 9703-9712

  Grasso, S ^a   Maugeri, M ^a   Spina, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D MODELS; EPICENTRE; ETNA VOLCANOS; EUROCODES; FAULT SYSTEM; GEOTECHNICAL; GEOTECHNICAL HAZARDS; GROUND MOTIONS; GROUND RESPONSE; GROUND-SHAKING; HEAVY DAMAGE; HETEROGENEOUS STRUCTURES; HISTORICAL DATA; HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKES; MEDIUM SIZE; NEAR-FAULT; NON-LINEAR MODEL; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION; PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTS; REGULAR GRIDS; RESPONSE SPECTRA; RUPTURE PROPAGATION; SCENARIO EARTHQUAKES; SCENARIO EVENTS; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC MICROZONATION; SEISMIC MICROZONING; SEISMIC RISK; SEISMOGENIC STRUCTURES; SITE AMPLIFICATION; SITE EFFECTS; SLIP DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTIC-DETERMINISTIC METHOD; STRONG GROUND MOTION; STRUCTURAL MODELS; TECTONIC EARTHQUAKES; THREE COMPONENT; TIME HISTORY; URBAN AREAS; URBANIZED AREA; WAVE FORMS;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; HAZARDS; MODEL STRUCTURES; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMOLOGY; SOILS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FAULTING;

EID: 84865853098     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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