In December 2018, at the conclusion of its second implementation phase, the Global
Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation released its first version of a map outlining the spatial …

Four previously unrecognized neotectonic fault scarps in southwest Namibia are described.
These relatively straight, simple but segmented structures are 16–80 km long and have …

The demarcation of seismic area source zones plays a pivotal role in probabilistic seismic
hazard assessment (PSHA). In this study, we developed five distinct seismotectonic area …

Namibia is located in Southern Africa on a Stable Continental Region (SRC). Despite the
fact that a number of earthquakes have been observed or recorded in Namibia since 1910 …

Quito, the capital of Ecuador, a development pole, has experienced a population growth of
9% in the last five years. The structural system commonly chosen for housing is reinforced …

The safe disposal of radioactive waste products remains a challenging and controversial
issue, yet their burial in a stable geological environment is the option favoured by most …

Macroseismic intensity information is an important instrument in the evaluation of historical
seismicity. In an effort to improve the current South African earthquake catalogue, available …

Abstract New MW–ML magnitude relations valid for the periods January 1971–March 1997,
April 1997–September 2012 and October 2012–present are presented for South Africa …

Abstract An earthquake (magnitude, ML= 3.8) occurred on 31 October 2019 at 11: 19 hours
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) in the Sunduza area of the KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Province in …

La presente investigación tiene la finalidad de mejorar el desempeño estructural de las
construcciones en el cantón Portoviejo mediante un estudio de peligro sísmico. En la …