According to a recent UN report, seismic risk from large earthquakes continues to increase globally in line with infrastructure and population increase in developing nations. This implies the vulnerability is not decreasing relative to increased exposure. Specific examples include recent devastating earthquakes in Haiti and Sumatra in areas of known seismic hazard, but clearly this is part of a...

Telah dilakukan penelitian bahaya/hazard gempa bumi untuk Kabupaten Mentawai sebagai daerah dengan resiko bahaya tinggi menggunakan metode probabilictic seismic hazard analysis (PSHA). Data yaitu kejadian rentang tahun 1900-2019 yang diperoleh dari katalog BMKG, ISC, dan USGS. Dilakukan pemisahan utama susulan Garnerd Knopoff. Selanjutnya ditentukan nilai b-value a-value persamaan maximum likel...