EqHaz: An open-source probabilistic seismic-hazard code based on the Monte Carlo simulation approach

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 516-524

  Assatourians, Karen ^a   Atkinson, Gail M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC SOURCE; SEISMICITY;

EID: 84878154167     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0220120102     Document Type: Article

References (21)

1. Abrahamson, N. A., and J. J. Bommer (2005). Probability and Uncertainty in Seismic Hazard Analysis, Earthq. Spectra 21, 603-607.
2. Adams, J., D. H. Weichert, S. Halchuk, and P. W. Basham (1996). Trial seismic hazard maps of Canada-1995: final values for selected Canadian cities, Geological Survey of Canada Open File 3283, 97 pp.
3. Adams, J., and S. Halchuk (2003). Fourth generation seismic hazard maps of Canada; values for over 650 Canadian localities intended for the 2005 National Building Code of Canada, Open-File Report, Geological Survey of Canada, 155 pp.
4. Atkinson, G. M. (2012). White paper on ground-motion prediction equations for use in the 2012 National Seismic Hazard Maps, Draft Manuscript, March 2012.
5. Atkinson, G. M., and K. Goda (2011). Effects of seismicity models and new ground motion prediction equations on seismic hazard assessment for four Canadian cities, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 101, 176-189.
6. Bommer, J. J., and N. A. Abrahamson (2006). Why do modern probabilistic seismic-hazard analyses often lead to increased hazard estimates? Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 96, 1967-1977.
7. Bommer, J. J., and F. Scherbaum (2008). The use and misuse of logic-trees in Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis, Earthq. Spectra 24, no. 4, 997-1009.
8. Bommer, J. J., F. Scherbaum, H. Bungum, F. Cotton, F. Sabetta, and N. A. Abrahamson (2005). On the use of logic trees for ground-motion prediction equations in seismic-hazard analysis, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 95, 377-389.
9. Esteva, L. (1976). Seismicity, chapter 6, in Seismic Risk and Engineering Decisions, C. Lomnitz and E. Rosenblueth (Editors), Developments in Geotechnical Engineering 15, Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, New York, 179-224.
10. Goda, K., H. P. Hong, and G. M. Atkinson (2010). Impact of using updated seismic information on seismic hazard in western Canada, Can. J. Civ. Eng. 37, no. 4, 562-575.
11. Hong, H. P., and K. Goda (2006). A comparison of seismic-hazard and risk deaggregation, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 96, 2021-2039.
12. Kulkarni, R. B., R. R. Youngs, and K. J. Coppersmith (1984). Assessment of confidence intervals for results of seismic hazard analysis, in Proc. of the Eighth World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, San Francisco, Vol. 1, 263-270.
13. McGuire, R. K. (2004). Seismic Hazard and Risk Analysis, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Vol. MNO-10. Oakland, California.
14. Milne, W. G., and A. G. Davenport (1969). Distribution of earthquake risk in Canada, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 59, 729-754.
15. Musson, R. M. W. (1998). On the use of Monte Carlo simulations for seismic hazard assessment, in Proc. of the sixth US National World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, 12 pp.
16. Musson, R. M. W. (1999). Determination of design earthquakes in seismic hazard analysis through Monte Carlo simulation, J. Earthq. Eng. 3, 463-474.
17. Musson, R. M. W. (2000). The use of Monte Carlo simulations for seismic hazard assessment in the U.K., Ann. Geofisc. 43, 1-9.
18. Musson, R. M. W. (2004). Objective validation of seismic hazard source models, in Proc. of the thirteenth World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Vancouver, paper No. 2492.
19. Musson, R. M. W. (2012a). PSHA validated by quasi observational means, Seismol. Res. Lett. 83, 130-134.
20. Musson, R. M. W. (2012b). Probability in PSHA: Reply to "PSHA Validated by Quasi-Observational Means' by Z. Wang", Seismol. Res. Lett. 83, 717-718.
21. Wells, D. L., and K. J. Coppersmith (1994). New empirical relationships among magnitude, rupture length, rupture width, rupture area, and surface displacement, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 84, 974-1002.