Mapping the after-effects of disastrous earthquakes and estimation of hazard for engineering constructions

Abstract

Mapping the after-effects of strong earthquakes, it is suggested, should be performed on the basis of a genetic classification of seismogenic residual deformations of the Earth's crust with separation of a group of accompanying phenomena, indirectly associated with earthquakes. To determine possible maximum earthquakes, locations with the greatest seismic landslide and collapse danger, it is recommended that the palaeoseismogeological method be used. It is necessary to determine the seismic hazard for engineering constructions both from supposed isoseismal fields and possible types of residual and dynamic seismogenic deformations and accompanying phenomena.