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Seismic Hazard Assessment in Armenia

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An evaluation of seismic hazard assessment in the territory of Armenia is presented in this work. The catastrophic M = 7.0 Spitak earthquake in 1988 revealed the drawbacks of the acting seismic zoning map. Two seismic hazard maps have been compiled in NSSP RA during 1991–1996. The deterministic approach was applied in the first one and the probabilistic in the second one. Both maps were compiled on the basis of the same database. Comparison between the maps shows good correlation.

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  1. National Survey for Seismic Protection of the Republic of Armenia Davidashen IV Massive, 375 054, Yerevan, Armenia

    S. Yu. Balassanian, A. H. Martirosyan, S. N. Nazaretian, A. R. Arakelian, A. S. Avanessian & V. A. Igumnov

  2. Swiss Seismological Service, ETH Honggerberg, CH-8093, Zurich

    E. Ruttener

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  1. S. Yu. Balassanian
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Balassanian, S.Y., Martirosyan, A.H., Nazaretian, S.N. et al. Seismic Hazard Assessment in Armenia. Natural Hazards 18, 227–236 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008017315716

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