SEISMIC HAZARD ANALYSIS FOR SEISMIC DESIGN IN INDONESIA

-Dr. Rusnardi Rahamat Putra Assistant Professor, Padang state University Padang, Indonesia. The Indonesian archipelago is located at the boundary of three major tectonic plates, the Indo-Australian, Pacific, and Eurasian plates, stretching from Sumatra in the west to Papua in the east. Indonesia is at the collision point of these three crustal plates. The high subduction-related seismicity in this region means that tsunami and other earthquake...

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How to refine earthquake data downloaded from website?

Are you engineer? or seismologist? or designer? or even you may be a person who have interest on earthquake and its mechanism, time series etc. If you are worry about how you can get and process earthquake data, Here is a complete solution for how you can refine raw earthquake data. Just follow few steps then you can have clear view of earthquake time series. Step 1: Data download If you have already data sets of some earthquakes they may be...

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भुकम्प, यसको असर र जोखीम

(भाद्र २६,२०७० को नागरिकमा प्रकाशित) यहि भाद्र १४ गते रातको लगभग ११:३५ को आसपासमा नेपालको मध्यभाग ६ रिक्टर स्केल(स्थानिय मापन)को भुईचालोको कारण हल्लिन पुग्यो, सामाजिक संजालहरु एकै पटक भुकम्पमय बने, सबैजना यस प्रति चनाखो बनेको देखियो। UNDP को बिपद् ब्यबस्थापन संबन्धि संस्थाले २००४ मा निकालेको रिपोर्टको आधारमा बिश्वमा भुकम्पिय जोखिमको ११औं स्थानमा पर्ने देशमा हाम्रो तयारी कस्तो छ त? के हाम्रो समाजमा यस्ता भुकम्प आउदा के गर्नुपर्छ, कसरि सुरक्षित रहनुपर्छ भन्ने जनचेतना राम्रो छ त? हिजोकै केहि प्रतिक्रिया हरु हेर्दा र बुझ्दा यसको कमि देखिन्छ।...

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car crushed by landslide on 31st August 2013, Taiwan

You can see this video how landslide can crush the car... be safe.... be aware, every where... This video is taken on Keelung-Badouzi, Taiwan   &nb...

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How to find out epicentre of earthquake?

You may confuse that many agencies locate different points for the epicentre of same earthquake, it may happens because of recording stations around the possible location. Here is one example of one method to find out epicentre. To figure out just where that earthquake happened, you need to look at your seismogram and you need to know what at least two other seismographs recorded for the same earthquake. You will also need a map of the world,...

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Moderately strong earthquake M6.2 rocked Mexico 21st August 2013

 A moderately strong earthquake shook Mexico's capital Wednesday, but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damages. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a magnitude of 6.2 and was centered on the Pacific coast, near the resort of Acapulco. There was also another after shock of M5.3 lagging of about 32 minute with main shock. Buildings swayed in the capital and some people evacuated buildings as an earthquake alarm sounded. The alarm also went off for a second, smaller quake a few minutes later. Mexico City is vulnerable...

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