Introduction
Studies on seismic hazard mitigation are important for seismologists, earthquake engineers, and related scientists. Among studies, probabilistic seismic hazard assessments (PSHAs) provide the probability of exceedance for a specific ground motion level during a time interval (see entry “Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment: An Overview”). PSHA results can provide a key reference for the determination of hazard mitigation policies related to building codes and the site selection of pubic structures. Therefore, multidisciplinary scientists have attempted to build reliable systems for PSHAs.
Due to the plate boundary between the Eurasian and Philippine Sea Plates, Taiwan has a high earthquake activity (Fig. 1) (see entry “Earthquakes and Tectonics: An Observation from Taiwan”). In this region, devastating earthquakes lead to a loss of property and human life....
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Cheng, CT., Hsieh, PS., Lin, PS., Yen, YT., Chan, CH. (2015). Probability Seismic Hazard Mapping of Taiwan. In: Beer, M., Kougioumtzoglou, I., Patelli, E., Au, IK. (eds) Encyclopedia of Earthquake Engineering. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36197-5_100-1
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