Natural Hazards

, Volume 2, Issue 3–4, pp 237–247 | Cite as

Critical parameter investigation for earthquake hazard assessment in the Sannio-Matese area of Southern Italy

  • D. Mayer-Rosa
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Abstract

Probabilistic methods have been applied for the assessment of seismic hazard in a selected region of Southern Italy (Sannio-Matese). This method is mainly suitable for engineering and planning purposes and was first introduced in 1968 by Cornell and efficiently codified into a FORTRAN computer program by McGuire. Special attention is paid in this paper to the specific input parameters, i.e. completeness of data catalogues, time variability of seismic activity, different forms of frequency distributions, and regional attenuation characteristics.

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Earthquakes hazard Sannio-Matese southern Italy 
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© Kluwer Academic Publishers 1989

Authors and Affiliations

  • D. Mayer-Rosa
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  1. 1.Swiss Seismological Service/Institute of Geophysics, Federal Institute of TechnologyETH-HönggerbergZurichSwitzerland

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