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Bull Earthquake Eng (2017) 15:13191343
DOI 10.1007/s10518-016-9950-3
ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPER
Radmila Salic1 M. Abdullah Sandikkaya2 Zoran Milutinovic1
Zeynep Gulerce3 Llambro Duni4 Vladan Kovacevic5
Snjezana Markusic6 Jadranka Mihaljevic7 Neki Kuka4
Natasa Kaludjerovic7 Natasa Kotur5 Sandra Krmpotic5
Kresimir Kuk8 Davor Stanko9
Received: 19 January 2016 / Accepted: 28 May 2016 / Published online: 9 July 2016 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2016
Abstract The Harmonization of Seismic Hazard Maps in the Western Balkan Countries Project (BSHAP) was funded for 7 years by NATO Science for Peace and Security Program to support the preparation of new seismic hazard maps of the Western Balkan Region. In the framework of BSHAP, the regional free eld strong motion network capacity was signicantly increased by deployed recorders (Glerce et al. in Final report of improvements in the Harmonized Seismic Hazard Maps for the Western Balkan Countries (BSHAP-2) Project, NATO SfP-984374. http://wbalkanseismicmaps.org/
Web End =http://wbalkanseismicmaps.org/ , 2015) and the BSHAP strong motion database that includes both pre-BSHAP (mostly analogue) and post-BSHAP (all digital) recordings was compiled. The BSHAP strong motion database includes uniformly processed strong motions along with the related earthquake metadata and station information; therefore, it provides a solid base for the ground motion characterization studies in the region. The established database is used for selection of the ground motion prediction equations (GMPEs) to be employed in the probabilistic seismic hazard assessment by comparing the compiled strong ground motions with the predictions of candidate global and Euro-Mediterranean GMPEs in a systematic manner. Details of the
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1 Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology (IZIIS), Ss. Cyril and Methodius
University, Skopje, Macedonia
2 Civil Engineering Department, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
3 Civil Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
4 Institute of Geosciences, Energy, Water and Environment, Polytechnic University, Tirana, Albania
5 Seismological Survey of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
6 Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
7 Montenegro Seismological Observatory, Podgorica, Montenegro
8 Croatian Seismological Survey, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
9 Faculty of Geotechnical Engineering, University of Zagreb, Varazdin, Croatia
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