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Title: | Implementation of the new expeditious method for seismic vulnerability assessment : Malta |
Other Titles: | Establishment of an integrated Italy-Malta cross-border system of civil protection : engineering aspects |
Authors: | Cicero, Chiara Bonello, Marc Borg, Ruben Paul Lombardo, Grazia |
Keywords: | Geotechnical engineering Natural disasters Earthquakes -- Risk assessment Buildings -- Design and construction Buildings -- Earthquake effects Earthquake resistant design Earthquake hazard analysis |
Issue Date: | 2015 |
Publisher: | Aracne Editrice srl, Italia |
Citation: | Cicero, C., Bonello, M. A., Bonello, R. P., & Lombardo, G. (2015). Implementation of the new expeditious method for seismic vulnerability assessment : Malta. In C. Cicero & G. Lombardo (Eds.), Establishment of an integrated Italy-Malta cross-border system of civil protection : engineering aspects (pp. 41-48). Italy: Aracne Editrice srl. |
Abstract: | The seismic risk in Malta is perceived to be low, and no significant events have been recorded in recent years. In 1693, a major earthquake struck about 170 kilometres from Malta, devastating south—eastern Sicily, and causing serious damage in buildings in Malta with historical records of significant damage in Mdina but also in Valletta, Rabat and elsewhere. Research suggests that a similar earthquake on the same fault could occur every few hundred years. The urban landscape of Malta is characterized by a large density, mainly consisting of load—bearing masonry structures. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/85008 |
ISBN: | 9788854882577 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacBenCPM |
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