The seismic risk of the buildings of Barcelona, Spain, is analyzed by using a method based on the capacity spectrum. The seismic hazard in the area of the city is described by means of the reduced 5% damped elastic response spectrum. Obtaining fragility curves for the most important building types of an urban center requires an important amount of information about the structures and the use of...

Kosovo is one of the most seismically active regions in Europe, lying within Alpine-Mediterranean tectonic belt. Historical records for region show several catastrophic earthquakes with epicentral intensity IX (MCS). However, due to Kosovo’s high population density, prevalence traditional construction, and insufficient enforcement building codes, vulnerable earthquake damage. In this study, we ...

The city of Ohrid is one the oldest settlements in western Balkans, exceptionally rich with archeological, architectural, and cultural sites, which must be protected from damage during future earthquakes by proper retrofitting strengthening old structures. To provide a sound basis for work, this paper, we describe amplitudes strong ground motion range probabilities being exceeded. We use Unifor...

The seismic microzonation evaluate the seismic hazard at the local scale proposing to identify areas of territory characterized by homogeneous seismic behaviors. The first level of seismic microzoning has the purpose of defining the lithological properties and geometry of geological units that characterize these portions of territory (microzones). The scope of this work is to contribute to the ...