The paper presents (i) catalogues of Vrancea earthquakes (ii) past strong earthquakes, (iii) earthquake records in Romania, (iv) the evolution of seismic zonation and seismic design codes, (v) a seismic hazard map of Romania and design spectra in the new seismic design code P100-1/2006 following the Eurocode 8 format.
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Lungu, D., Aldea, A., Arion, C. (2008). Romania'S Seismicity And Seismic Hazard: From Historical Records To Design Codes. In: Zaicenco, A., Craifaleanu, I., Paskaleva, I. (eds) Harmonization of Seismic Hazard in Vrancea Zone. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9242-8_1
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