Review of soil liquefaction characteristics during major earthquakes of the twenty-first century

Y Huang, M Yu - Natural hazards, 2013 - Springer
Liquefaction, which can be defined as a loss of strength and stiffness in soils, is one of the
major causes of damage to buildings and infrastructure during an earthquake. To overcome …

Soil liquefaction in Kathmandu valley due to 25 April 2015 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake

D Gautam, FS de Magistris, G Fabbrocino - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The April 25, 2015 Gorkha earthquake (MW 7.8) affected central Nepal and
neighboring areas. Kathmandu valley witnessed severe damage in terms of structural …

Comparing recent Italian earthquakes

M Dolce, D Di Bucci - Bulletin of earthquake engineering, 2017 - Springer
A comprehensive comparison among the three strongest earthquakes occurred in Italy in the
past 30 years is presented. These three earthquakes struck the regions of Umbria and …

Regional efficacy of a global geospatial liquefaction model

V Rashidian, LG Baise - Engineering geology, 2020 - Elsevier
Liquefaction hazard maps are important for both pre-and post-event planning and mitigation.
The global geospatial liquefaction model (GGLM) proposed by Zhu et al.(2017) and …

Earthquake geotechnical engineering aspects of the 2012 Emilia-Romagna earthquake (Italy)

V Fioravante, D Giretti, G Abate, S Aversa, D Boldini… - 2013 - scholarsmine.mst.edu
On May 20, 2012 an earthquake of magnitude ML= 5.9 struck the Emilia Romagna Region
of Italy and a little portion of Lombardia Region. Successive earthquakes occurred on May …

The study of newly established approaches to control soil liquefaction: An overview

P Shende, V Barai, Y Jaiswal, A Lohakar… - Materials Today …, 2023 - Elsevier
As a result, continuous decrease in effective stress and increase in pore water pressure,
liquefaction that is triggered by earthquakes can harm the foundation of existing building …

Geospatial liquefaction modeling of the 2023 Türkiye earthquake sequence by an ensemble of global, continental, regional, and event‐specific models

A Asadi, C Sanon, E Cakir, W Zhan… - Seismological …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
A global geospatial liquefaction model (GGLM‐2017) was previously developed using
logistic regression (LR) and is currently used by the US Geological Survey as the preferred …

A database for PGA threshold in liquefaction occurrence

FS de Magistris, G Lanzano, G Forte… - Soil Dynamics and …, 2013 - Elsevier
Liquefaction exclusion criteria, based on peak ground acceleration (PGA) threshold value,
are often included in seismic codes and recommendations. In this note, a rationale approach …

Seismic microzonation studies for the city of Ragusa (Italy)

S Grasso, M Maugeri - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2014 - Elsevier
The seismic history of the city of Ragusa (Italy), the geotechnical characterisation of the
subsoil and the site response analysis should be correctly evaluated for the definition of the …

Geotechnical aspects of the L'Aquila earthquake

P Monaco, G Totani, G Barla, A Cavallaro… - Special topics in …, 2012 - Springer
Abstract On April 6, 2009 an earthquake (ML= 5.8 and MW= 6.3) stroke the city of L'Aquila
with MCS Intensity I= IX and the surrounding villages with I as high as XI. The earthquake …