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Project Name: Executing/Imp ementing !ody: Assessment of seismic hazard of Samer Afif Mokaddem (Supervisor: Dr. Lebanon Mohamed Haraj i! "bjecti#e o$ Project: "The primar# objective of this stud# is to eva uate the seismic hazard of Lebanon to determine the most probab e $round acce eration needed for seismic desi$n. This %i re&uire a stud# of the active fau ts' a on$ %ith accurate and detai ed information on the seismic activities that affected Lebanon in the past' such as epicenters and ma$nitudes of earth&uakes. (nce this data is prepared' a statistica stud# %i then be conducted to &uantif# the seismic hazard of Lebanon and to produce seismic zonation maps needed for seismic desi$n of structures.) %ey &cti#ities o$ Project: "*hapter + of this report presents the tectonic settin$ of Lebanon and tectonic mode s proposed in the technica iterature to describe the nature of the Levant ,racture s#stem %ith particu ar emphasis on its northern continuation in Lebanon and S#ria. *hapter - presents the seismic database (instrumenta and historica earth&uake records! and i ustrates the active seismic sources considered in the seismic hazard ana #sis on Lebanon. Method of seismic hazard ana #sis of Lebanon and the resu ts of ana #sis are described e.tensive # in *hapter /. A summar# and conc usions of this stud# are fina # presented in *hapter 0.) 'omments: 1one "utputs: Tectonic settin$ of the 2astern3s Mediterranean ittora Seismic database and de ineation of active seismic sources Seismic hazard for Lebanon (aps: Map sho%in$ the principa seismic be ts in the Mediterranean and Midd e east 4econstitution of re ative movements of Arabia' supposed fi.ed' and Sinai as su$$ested b# Dubertret in 56-+ Tectonic mode of the 4ed Sea 4e$ion Mode for the tectonics of the Levantine re$ion as su$$ested b# ,reund and Tar in$ in 5676 Tectonic map of the southern Dead Sea rift and it mar$ins A bath#metric map of bath#a northern 4ed Sea Tectonic map of the bath#a northern 4ed Sea sho%in$ the occurrences of the fau ts and diapirs (ut ine map of the Lebanon8south%est S#ria re$ion sho%in$ main fau ts and areas of up ift
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UNDP Disaster Risk Reduction Unit E-Library Thesis

Map of Lebanon8south%est S#ria $enera area sho%in$ main fau ts %ith their demonstrated or inferred direction of strike8s ip Location map of the stud# area sho%in$ distribution of ar$e historica earth&uakes under investi$ation Distribution of earth&uake epicenters %ithin Lebanon (569-8567/! Seismic areas affectin$ Lebanon :roposed seismic sources for eva uation of seismic hazard of Lebanon Seismic hazard map for Lebanon for a return period of /70 #ears Seismic hazard map for Lebanon for a return period of 5999 #ears Seismic hazard map for Lebanon for a return period of 0999 #ears +eograp,ica co#erage: Lebanon *ype o$ &ssessment -Deterministic #ersus Probabi istic/: :robabi istic 3ear o$ study: 566/ Return Period o$ 0a1ard: 1<A (agnitude o$ #ertica P+&: 1<A *ype o$ attenuation re ations,ip: (et,od o$ superposition o$ eart,5uake motion: Data 2et Used -'o#erage6 year6 degree o$ con$idence/: 1ot app icab e since severa observations and e.periments %ere ana #zed. Language: 2n$ ish 2tart Date and Duration o$ Project: Masters %as submitted in (ctober 566/ "t,er Remarks: 1<A
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*ype o$ In$rastructure: 1ot App icab e *ype o$ assessment -.ua itati#e #ersus .uantitati#e/: ;uantitative *ype o$ 0a1ard 'onsidered in 2tudy: 2arth&uakes (agnitude o$ 0a1ard considered in study: Severa trends %ere compared and ana #zed. (agnitude ,ori1onta Peak +round &cce eration -P+&/: 1<A Did study count $or non-sync,ronous motion -app icab e $or ong structure/: =es Did study account $or oca site e$$ects and soi structure interaction4 =es 'ode Used: 1<A

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UNDP Disaster Risk Reduction Unit E-Library Thesis

1o contact detai s found Limitations o$ 2tudy: Recommended 7uture 2teps: "The obtained seismic hazard resu ts 5. "...other a ternatives need to be ma# be &uite sensitive to the investi$ated before fina ization uncertaint# in the attenuation of resu ts. e&uation. >nti such a oca e&uation is +. This stud# is associated %ith derived' attenuation mode s based on various assumptions' and its $round8motion data from other parts of re iabi it# depends on the the %or d are to be used.) accurac# and comp eteness of the database from %hich the seismicit# parameters are assessed. Therefore as more information come to i$ht' particu ar # those of stron$ motion and fau t activities' it shou d be possib e to define the seismic hazard in Lebanon %ith more and more accurac#.) Did 2tudy make any DRR recommendations46 i$ yes6 ist: 1o &pp icab e6 re e#ant stage 9it,in t,e risk management process: :roduction of hazard intensit# maps