Vrancea Earthquakes: Tectonics, Hazard and Risk Mitigation: Contributions from the First International Workshop on Vrancea Earthquakes, Bucharest, Rom [Hardcover]

This volume contains the most relevant peer-reviewed papers presented at The First International Workshop on Vrancea Earthquakes, held in Bucharest on November 1-4, 1997. Strong earthquakes in the Romanian Vrancea area have caused a high toll of casualties and extensive damage over the last several centuries. With a moment magnitude of 7.4, the 1977 earthquake caused more than 1500 casualties, the majority of them in Bucharest. The contributions address key problems of seismotectonics of the Vrancea area and related strong ground motion, hazard assessment, site effects and microzonation, structural damage and earthquake resistant design, risk assessment and disaster management from an international and regional perspective. This list of topics shows the diverse contributions from the multidisciplinary fields of geosciences, geophysics, seismology, geology, civil engineering, city planning, and emergency relief practices. This book is of value for scientists interested in earthquake hazard and seismic risk research as well as for seismologists, geophysicists and Earth scientists. It is also useful for authorities responsible for public safety and natural hazard mitigation plans and for insurance companies.1. Modern Recording of Seismic Strong Motion for Hazard Reduction.- 2. Seismotectonics of the Romanian Vrancea Area.- 3. Weak and Strong Ground Motion of Intermediate Depth Earthquakes from the Vrancea Region.- 4. The Romanian Earthquake Catalogue Between 9841997.- 5. Twenty Years Recording of Albanian Seismological Network: A Catalogue and Distribution of Seismic Energy Released.- 6. Studies Concerning Directionality of Seismic Action for Vrancea Earthquakes.- 7. Classification and Evaluation of Vrancea Earthquake Records from Republic of Moldova.- 8. Seismic Microzonation of Site Effects.- 9. Modelling, for Microzonation Purposes, of the Seismic Ground Motion in Bucharest, Due to the Vrancea Earthquake of May 30, 1990.- 10. Reliability of ResponlSe