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Earthquakes and their effects represent the greatest and most frequent influential factor for ground and structural damage. Less damaging and frequent factor of structural damage and effect on people and processes are the industrial activities.
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Srbulov, M. (2011). Main Ground Motion Sources and Properties. In: Practical Soil Dynamics. Geotechnical, Geological, and Earthquake Engineering, vol 20. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1312-3_2
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