Editors:
- The only comprehensive book on the 1940 Vrancea earthquake, the largest intermediate-depth earthquake in Europe in the 20th century
- Re-examines the seismic effects of the 1940 Vrancea earthquake and uses state-of-the-art knowledge to assess and share the most important lessons
- Includes a chapter with the most relevant information on the aftermath of the earthquake for the benefit of the international scientific community
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Natural Hazards (SPRINGERNAT)
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Table of contents (34 papers)
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Seismicity of Romania. Seismic Hazard Assessment; Local Soil Conditions Effect
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Structural Design in Seismic Areas; Performance-Based Design
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Front Matter
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Seismic Evaluation and Rehabilitation. Seismic Risk Assessment
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
These proceedings include most of the available information on this major seismic event and its consequences. With an estimated moment magnitude of 7.7 and a heavy toll in terms of human and economic losses, it ranks as the largest intermediate-depth earthquake in Europe in the twentieth century. Nevertheless, because of the difficult conditions in the 1940s, the lessons learnt after the Vrancea earthquake were not extensively shared with the international scientific community and thus, this book fills a gap in the literature discussing the knowledge acquired after major disasters.
Past experience together with current understanding of the 1940 Vrancea earthquake are presented along with the latest information on Romanian seismicity, seismic hazard and risk assessment, and seismic evaluation and rehabilitation of buildings and structures. Moreover, it includes excerpts from Romanian post-disaster reports and textbooks concerning the earthquake.
Editors and Affiliations
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Engg of Bucharest, Technical Univ of Civil, Bucharest, Romania
Radu Vacareanu
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National Institute for Earth Physics, Magurele, Romania
Constantin Ionescu
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The 1940 Vrancea Earthquake. Issues, Insights and Lessons Learnt
Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the Symposium Commemorating 75 Years from November 10, 1940 Vrancea Earthquake
Editors: Radu Vacareanu, Constantin Ionescu
Series Title: Springer Natural Hazards
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29844-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-29843-6Published: 03 March 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80668-6Published: 07 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-29844-3Published: 02 March 2016
Series ISSN: 2365-0656
Series E-ISSN: 2365-0664
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 521
Number of Illustrations: 112 b/w illustrations, 204 illustrations in colour
Topics: Natural Hazards, Structural Geology, Building Construction and Design