Deterministic Seismic Hazard Analysis of Gorakhpur Region

Author(s):

Sagar Tripathi , madan mohan malviya university of technology gorakhpur; Sana Zafar, madan mohan malviya university of technology gorakhpur

Keywords:

Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA), Maximum Credible Earthquake (MCE), Seismic hazard

Abstract:

Many earthquakes have been knowledgeable in Indian peninsular shield, which was previously treated to be seismically steady. Seismic risk assessment refers to an evaluation of ground motion parameters at a particular area by considering some past earthquake evidence. In the current study seismic risk assessment is performed for the “Gorakhpur” city. It is a highly seismic prone area. It comes under zone IV. The manuscript presents the resolve of peak ground acceleration (PGA) and maximum credible earthquake (MCE). MCE has been dogged by taking into account the local seismotectonic movement in a propos 350 km radius about Gorakhpur city. The seismic risk in provisions of peak horizontal acceleration was estimated to be 0.312g using attenuation model by “Sharma” (2000) and 0.032g using attenuation model by “Iyenger and Raghukanth” (2004). The calculated peak horizontal acceleration in the nearby reading is in verification with the observed values of Nepal earthquakes and is furthermore similar to standards reported in additional studies.

Other Details:

Manuscript Id	:	IJSTEV2I9067
Published in	:	Volume : 2, Issue : 9
Publication Date	:	01/04/2016
Page(s)	:	345-350

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