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Non-Poisson probabilistic seismic hazard assessment

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The development of the new seismic hazard map of metropolitan Tehran is based on probabilistic seismic hazard computation using the non-Poisson recurrence time model. For this model, two maps have been prepared to indicate the earthquake hazard of the region in the form of iso-acceleration contour lines. They display the non-Poisson probabilistic estimates of peak ground accelerations over bedrock for 10 and 63 % probability of exceedance in 50 years. To carry out the non-Poisson seismic hazard analysis, appropriate distributions of interoccurrence times of earthquakes were used for the seismotectonic provinces which the study region is located and then the renewal process was applied. In order to calculate the seismic hazard for different return periods in the probabilistic procedure, the study area encompassed by the 49.5–54.5°E longitudes and 34–37°N latitudes was divided into 0.1° intervals generating 1,350 grid points. PGA values for this region are estimated to be 0.30–0.32 and 0.16–0.17 g for 10 and 63 % probability of exceedance, respectively, in 50 years for bedrock condition.

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  1. Department of Physics, Parand Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

    Nadia Tahernia

  2. Department of Mathematics, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran

    Morteza Khodabin

  3. Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

    Noorbakhsh Mirzaei

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Tahernia, N., Khodabin, M. & Mirzaei, N. Non-Poisson probabilistic seismic hazard assessment. Arab J Geosci 7, 3259–3269 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12517-013-0930-5

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