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Author : Atkinson, G.M.
Date : 2003.
Title : Seismic hazard analysis in Canada: an overview.
Publication : Canadian Geophysical Union. Annual Meeting, May 10 -14, 2003. Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta.
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Abstract
Developments in seismic hazard analysis in Canada are overviewed, providing a review of the causes and distribution of seismicity, a historical overview of hazard analysis, and comments on current issues and new developments. In the 30 years since the advent of seismic hazard analysis in Canada, methods and data have been refined, but our overall understanding of seismic hazards in most of Canada as applied to the national building code has not changed very much. Our seismic hazard zoning maps are a relatively simple and transparent consequence of the patterns of historical seismicity. Over time, we have refined our understanding of where and why earthquakes occur, and improved our characterization of the resulting ground motions and their probabilities. At present, new ground-motion data, available in near-real time, are allowing better insight into earthquake ground motion generation and propagation, and are laying the groundwork for real-time seismic hazard information systems.
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