An updated probabilistic seismic hazard assessment for Romania and comparison with the approach and outcomes of the SHARE Project

The probabilistic seismic hazard analysis for Romania is revisited within the framework of the BIGSEES national research project (http://infp.infp.ro/bigsees/default.htm) financed by the Romanian Ministry of Education and Scientific Research in the period 2012-2016. The scope of this project is to p...

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Autores: Pavel, Florin, Vacareanu, Radu, Douglas, John, Radulian, Micrea, Cioflan, Carmen, Barbat Barbat, Horia Alejandro|||0000-0002-3649-8053
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/100467
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/100467
https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00024-015-1223-6
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Earthquake hazard analysis-Romania
Seismic source
ground motion model
acceleration response spectra
soil class
exceedance probability
uncertainty
MOTION PREDICTION EQUATIONS
SUBDUCTION-ZONE EARTHQUAKES
INTERMEDIATE-DEPTH VRANCEA
STRONG GROUND MOTIONS
CRUSTAL SEISMICITY
TOPOGRAPHIC SLOPE
RESPONSE SPECTRA
LOGIC TREES
EUROPE
Risc sísmic -- Rumania
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria civil::Geologia::Riscos geològics
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Sumario:The probabilistic seismic hazard analysis for Romania is revisited within the framework of the BIGSEES national research project (http://infp.infp.ro/bigsees/default.htm) financed by the Romanian Ministry of Education and Scientific Research in the period 2012-2016. The scope of this project is to provide a refined description of the seismic action for Romanian sites according to the requirements of Eurocode 8. To this aim, the seismicity of all the sources influencing the Romanian territory is updated based on new data acquired in recent years. The ground-motion models used in the analysis, as well as their corresponding weights, are selected based on the results from several recent papers also published within the framework of the BIGSEES project. The seismic hazard analysis for Romania performed in this study are based on the traditional Cornell-McGuire approach. Finally, the results are discussed and compared with the values obtained in the recently completed SHARE research project. The BIGSEES and SHARE results are not directly comparable since the considered soil conditions are different-actual soil classes for BIGSEES and rock for SHARE. Nevertheless, the analyses of the seismic hazard results for 200 sites in Romania reveal considerable differences between the seismic hazard levels obtained in the present study and the SHARE results and point out the need for further analyses and thorough discussions related to the two seismic hazard models, especially in the light of a possible future harmonized hazard map for Europe.