Earthquake Hazard Analysis for Some Archeological Sites in Egypt
by
Mohamed A.H. Abdel Aziz
The National Center for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Control, 3 Ahmed El-zomor St. Nasr City, P.O. Box 7551,Cairo, Egypt
Coauthors: S. El-Hadidy (The National Research Institute for Astronomy and Geophysics), N. Z. Basta (The Egyptian Geological Survey and Mining Authority)

Egypt is one of the few countries in the world that has documents describing the historical earthquakes, their associated damage and the bad consequences affecting the archeological and civilian sites in Egypt. As it is known, Egypt has one third of the world's monuments so, the main objective of this work is to study the effects of both historical and recent earthquake activity on some historical sites in Egypt. Through this study, the historical data were collected, compiled and analyzed. Also, the iso-seismal maps of the historical earthquakes affecting these concerned sites were carefully investigated to assign the most probable events that affected these sites. Accordingly, the corresponding peak ground accelerations of these events were calculated. Moreover, a compiled and homogeneous catalogue from 1900 to 2001 was prepared. The geological and seismological data were used to construct a seismo-tectonic model that affect the sites of interest. The expected peak ground motion in terms of peak ground acceleration have been determined using both deterministic and probabilistic approaches.

Date received: March 5, 2002

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