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Eleventh Regional Seminar on Earthquake Engineering, Granada, September 1984
Author(s) -
Vogt J.,
Davagnier M.,
Jimenez E.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
disasters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.744
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-7717
pISSN - 0361-3666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-7717.1985.tb00927.x
Subject(s) - eleventh , forensic engineering , seismology , geography , engineering , civil engineering , transport engineering , geology , acoustics , physics
Some of the problems of combining macroseismic (descriptive) and instrumental information on modern and historical earthquakes are discussed, together with the relationships that have evolved between these two fields of study. The paper emphasises the dangers of transferring macroseismic information straight into computer databanks, without taking full account of the levels of confidence attached to the information and its suitability for earthquake risk analysis.