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— The procedure developed by Kijko and Sellevoll (1989, 1992) and Kijko and Graham (1998, 1999) is used to estimate seismic hazard parameters in north Algeria. The area-specific seismic hazard parameters that were calculated consist of the b value of the Gutenberg–Richter frequency–magnitude relation, the activity rate λ(M) for events above the magnitude M, and the maximum regional magnitude M max. These parameters were calculated for each of the six seismogenic zones of north Algeria. The site-specific seismic hazard was calculated in terms of the maximum possible PGA at hypothetical engineering structures (HES), situated in each of the six seismogenic zones with coordinates corresponding with those of the six most industrial and populated cities in Algeria.
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(Received December 10, 1999, accepted September 20, 2000)
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Hamdache, M., Retief, S. Site-specific Seismic Hazard Estimation in the Main Seismogenic Zones of North Algeria. Pure appl. geophys. 158, 1677–1690 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00001239
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00001239