Implications of Recent Earthquakes on Seismic Risk
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Published: May 15, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9781860942334
Subjects: Structural engineering; Vulcanology & seismology; Science/Mathematics; Earthquake resistant design; Technology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Engineering - Civil; Environmental Engineering & Technology; Earthquake hazard analysis; Congresses
First sentence: On 17 August 1999, a Mw 7.4 earthquake occurred in the western part of the Anatolian fault zone in Turkey with a provisional epicentre close to Izmit, 90 km south-east of Istanbul.