ALBANIA HAZARD MODELLING

Joint development of the Albanian seismic hazard model

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Background

GEM and IGEO-Albania are currently implementing a 1-year project funded by the European Investment Fund and supported by the Electrical Corporation of Albania to update Albania’s probabilistic seismic hazard model through a series of technical workshops. The GEM Hazard Team is providing support on the use of its open source tools for hazard model building and assessment.

Duration: 2023

Objectives

The main objectives of this project are to update the national seismic hazard model for Albania, and provide the outputs that can be used in the National Annex of Eurocode 8, for the seismic design of buildings in Albania.

Collaborators

GEM Foundation, Institute of Geosciences (IGEO)

Funding Partner: European Investment Fund, Electrical Corporation of Albania

Location

Albania

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