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Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering pp 2875–2896Cite as

Seismic Loss Assessment

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Damage; Insurance; Loss; Nonstructural component; Risk; Structural component; Vulnerability

Introduction

It is observed that earthquakes, particularly those of large magnitudes, can cause significant damage to structures over a large region surrounding the rupture zone of earthquakes. The top three costliest earthquakes in the world during 1980–2012 are the Mw 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake (2011), Mw 6.8 Kobe earthquake (1995), and Mw 6.7 Northridge earthquake (1994) causing overall economic losses when occurred about $210B, $100B, and $44B respectively (III 2013). The structures those are damaged due to earthquakes are not only buildings, bridges, etc., but also utilities like water, gas and sewer lines, and lifelines like train tracks and roads. The earthquakes also cause landslides due to movement of grounds or liquefaction due to loss of strength of the soil underneath the structures. In addition, earthquakes can cause fire and tsunami leading to significant damage to...

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  1. Model Development, Risk Management Solutions, 7575 Gateway Blvd, 94568, Newark, CA, USA

    Nilesh Shome

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  1. Institute for Computer Science in Civil Engineering, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, University Hannover, Hannover, Germany

    Michael Beer

  2. Department of Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

    Ioannis A. Kougioumtzoglou

  3. Institute for Risk & Uncertainty and Centre for Engineering Sustainability, Liverpool, UK

    Edoardo Patelli

  4. Institute for Risk & Uncertainty and Centre for Engineering Dynamics, Liverpool, UK

    Siu-Kui Au

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Shome, N. (2015). Seismic Loss Assessment. In: Beer, M., Kougioumtzoglou, I.A., Patelli, E., Au, SK. (eds) Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35344-4_257

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