Scenario-Based Seismic Risk Assessment for the Reykjavik Capital Area

• Published in: Buildings
• Main Authors: Bjarni Bessason, Rajesh Rupakhety, Jón Örvar Bjarnason
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2023
• Subjects: disaster preparedness; emergency planning; seismic vulnerability; seismic fragility; risk maps; Building construction; TH1-9745; Reykjanes; Iceland
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13122919; https://doaj.org/article/cdfe640d648a46ba84a0d4e9ee00a427

About two-thirds of the population in Iceland lives in the Reykjavik capital area (RCA), which is close to active volcanoes and seismic zones. In the period 1900–2019, a total of 53 earthquakes of <semantics> M w ≥ 5.0 </semantics> struck in these zones. The two largest events in the Rey...