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A Seismic Hazard Assessment (SHA) should include an evaluation of the local geologic and seismic setting of a region as it relates to the global tectonic setting. An understanding of the local geologic and seismic environments requires an interpretation of the seismotectonics and neotectonics of a region. 
A [[seismic]] hazard assessment requires an evaluation of the following aspects of geologic and tectonic setting:
*[[Global Geologic Setting and Plate Tectonics]]
*[[Local Geologic Setting]]
*[[Local Tectonic Setting]]
*[[Velocity Structure]]


Seismotectonics is the study of the relationship between the earthquakes, active tectonics, and the individual faults of a region. Neotectonics is the study of the current or geologically-recent motions and deformations of the Earth's crust. By understanding the interaction between regional tectonics, recent (instrumentally-recorded) and historical earthquakes, and geomorphological evidence, the faults responsible for seismic activity of a region can be determined and used to quantify the seismic hazard of an area.
==Examples==
 
{{Website Icon}} [http://www.tectonics.caltech.edu/ California Institute of Technology - Tectonics Observatory at Caltech]
* [[Local Geologic Setting]]
{{Website Icon}} [http://www.iaspei.org/ International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior (IASPEI)]
* [[Local Tectonic Setting]]
* [[Velocity Structure]]


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Latest revision as of 23:52, 14 December 2022

A seismic hazard assessment requires an evaluation of the following aspects of geologic and tectonic setting:

Examples

California Institute of Technology - Tectonics Observatory at Caltech

International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior (IASPEI)


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