Real-time earthquake shake, damage, and loss mapping for Istanbul metropolitan area

Real-time Seismology and Earthquake Damage Mitigation

■ Abstract Real-time seismology refers to a practice in which seismic data are collected and analyzed quickly after a significant seismic event, so that the results can be effectively used for postearthquake emergency response and early warning. As the technology of seismic instrumentation, telemetry, computers, and data storage facility advances, the real-time seismology for rapid postearthqua...

Probabilistic Assessment of Earthquake Damage and Loss for the City of Tehran, Iran

Tehran is one of the densely populated metropolises located in earthquake-prone regions. Tehran, the population of which surpasses 8 million people, is the most populated area in Iran. There are historical evidences confirming that catastrophic earthquakes have destroyed the city in past years. In the present paper, our study covers all parts of Tehran because there is the potential of signific...

Earthquake induced Deterministic Damage and Economic Loss Estimation for Kolkata, India

The city of Kolkata, the State Capital of West Bengal is jolted by earthquakes time and again from the tectonic regimes of the Central Himalaya, highly seismogenic Northeast India and the active tectonics of Bengal Basin which is a pericratonic tertiary basin on which the City is located. Earthquake disaster mitigation and management necessitates seismic hazard assessment for the generation of ...

Updating Real-Time Earthquake Loss Estimates: Methods, Problems and Insights

Earthquake Loss Estimation Including Transportation Network Damage

Large earthquakes have the potential of causing extensive damage and enormous economic losses. These losses are primarily attributable to the reduction in functionality of various facilities in the affected region and the rebuilding costs, and can be reduced through strategic preand post-earthquake decisions. This thesis describes an integrated methodology to estimate losses due to scenario ear...