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The Regulations for Earthquake-Resistant Design of Buildings in Egypt were published by the Egyptian Society for Earthquake Engineering in 1988. A basic consideration in earthquake-resistant design is to predict the intensity of the future seismic events for the site of a proposed structure. The Republic of Egypt is divided into four zones according to the level of seismic activity, as shown in Fig. 14.1. Regions of high seismic activity in Zone 3 include counties that are adjacent to the Red Sea shore and southern Sinai Peninsula, and Aswan County. These regions are assigned a value of VIII on the Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) scale (this intensity corresponds to moderate damage to buildings and other structures). Zone 2 is assigned an MMI value of VII, Zone 1 an MMI value of VI, and Zone 0 an MMI value ≤V.
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Egyptian Society for Earthquake Engineering (1988) Regulations for Earthquake-Resistant Design of Buildings in Egypt. Cairo, Egypt.
Egyptian Society of Engineering (1989) The Egyptian Code for the Design and Construction of Reinforced Concrete Buildings; 1989. Cairo, Egypt.
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Fouad, F.H. (1994). Egypt. In: Paz, M. (eds) International Handbook of Earthquake Engineering. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2069-6_14
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