The nature of noise wavefield and its applications for site effects studies: A literature review

S Bonnefoy-Claudet, F Cotton, PY Bard - Earth-Science Reviews, 2006 - Elsevier
The aim of this paper is to discuss the existing scientific literature in order to gather all the
available information dealing with the origin and the nature of the ambient seismic noise …

Revised seismic history of the El Pilar fault, Northeastern Venezuela, from the Cariaco 1997 earthquake and recent preliminary paleoseismic results

FA Audemard - Journal of Seismology, 2007 - Springer
In light of the July 9, 1997, Cariaco earthquake, it is clearly understood now that damage in
the city of Cumaná–located in northeastern Venezuela and frequently destroyed by the …

Site effects of the 1997 Cariaco, Venezuela earthquake

J González, M Schmitz, F Audemard, R Contreras… - Engineering …, 2004 - Elsevier
During the July 9, 1997 Cariaco earthquake, the small town of Cariaco (located 10 km SW
from the epicenter) and Cumaná (capital of the State of Sucre, located about 80 km west …

Damage potential of seismic ground motion considering local site effects

DH Lang - 2004 - db-thueringen.de
The main objective of the present work is to establish a link between the scientific fields of
engineering seismology and structural engineering. Substantially it deals with the …

PRINCIPALES RESULTADOS Y RECOMENDACIONES DEL PROYECTO DE MICROZONIFICACIÓN SÍSMICA DE CARACAS/Principal Results and …

M Schmitz, JJ Hernández, C Morales… - Revista de la Facultad …, 2011 - saber.ucv.ve
La ciudad de Caracas ha sufrido varios terremotos destructivos durante su historia, de los
cuales el más reciente, el de 1967 con una magnitud de 6, 6, causó el colapso de 4 …

RELACIÓN ENTRE PERÍODO DEL SUELO Y PROFUNDIDAD DE LOS SEDIMENTOS PARA LA CIUDAD DE CARACAS, VENEZUELA/Relationship Between Soil …

V Rocabado, M Schmitz, JJ Hernández… - Revista de la Facultad …, 2011 - saber.ucv.ve
En el marco del proyecto de microzonificación sísmica de la ciudad de Caracas, se han
realizado desde mediados de los años 90 mediciones de ruido ambiental con el fin de …

Analysis and interpretation of the October 21, 1766 earthquake in the Southeastern Caribbean

A Mocquet - Journal of seismology, 2007 - Springer
The October 21, 1766 earthquake is the most widely felt event in the seismic history of
Trinidad and Venezuela. Previous works diverged on the interpretation of the historical data …

[HTML][HTML] Modelado numérico de la respuesta sísmica 2D del valle de Caracas

V ROCABADO, M SCHMITZ, H RENDÓN… - Revista de la Facultad …, 2006 - ve.scielo.org
Dentro del marco del proyecto de microzonificación sísmica de las ciudades de Caracas y
Barquisimeto se han realizado en la ciudad de Caracas diversos estudios geofísicos …

[HTML][HTML] The Caracas, Venezuela, Seismic Microzoning Project: Methodology, results, and implementation for seismic risk reduction

M Schmitz, JJ Hernández, V Rocabado… - Progress in Disaster …, 2020 - Elsevier
The city of Caracas has been struck by earthquakes several times in its history, and the most
recent one, the M6. 6 1967 event, evidenced strong site effects within the sedimentary …

[HTML][HTML] Sediment thickness and a west-east geologic cross section in the Caracas Valley

P Kantak, M Schmitz, F Audemard - Revista de la Facultad de …, 2005 - ve.scielo.org
Caracas is located at the Caribbean-South America plate boundary zone, with an
associated strike slip fault system, which accommodates the relative movement of both …