Seismic vulnerability assessment and characterisation of the buildings on Faial Island, Azores

The earthquake of the 9th of July 1998 that hit in the central group of the Azores archipelago greatly affected the islands of Faial, Pico and São Jorge, reaching a magnitude of Mw 6.2 with the epicentre located about 15km northeast of the Faial Island. This earthquake allowed the collection of an u...

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Main Author: Neves, F.J. (author)
Other Authors: Costa, A. (author), Vicente, R. (author), Oliveira, C.S. (author), Varum, H. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 1000
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10773/6391
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:ria.ua.pt:10773/6391