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Deterministic Seismic Hazard Analysis for the State of Haryana, India

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The Indian state of Haryana is in a phase of rapid industrial development. In order to help engineers and town planners in designing earthquake resistant structures, it is necessary to carry out site specific seismic hazard analysis and plan mitigation measures. It is apprehended that Indian Code generalises the design peak ground acceleration values which may underestimate the seismic loading in high seismicity regions. Therefore, it is necessary to develop regional seismic hazard scenario in line with the local seismotectonic setting which is consistent with other seismic codes worldwide. In all, 12 seismogenic sources have been identified in the seismic study area. The maximum magnitude has been assigned to each seismogenic source considering regional rupture character. Ground motion prediction equation developed for Indo-Gangetic region by National Disaster Management Authority of India has been used. The peak ground acceleration along with response spectrum for A-type sites for the state have been estimated using state of the art in deterministic seismic hazard analysis methodology. These determined strong motion parameters have been compared with the values given in Indian Standard for criteria for earthquake resistant design of structures to validate them for further practical use. The prepared spectra can be further used to quantify seismic loading for designing earthquake resistant structures in Haryana.

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Abbreviations

C1–C8 :

Site coefficients

DSHA:

Deterministic seismic hazard analysis

GBF:

Great Boundary Fault

GMPE:

Ground motion prediction equation

JMT:

Jwala Mukhi Thrust

KFS:

Kaurik Fault System

MBT:

Main Boundary Thrust

MCT:

Main Crustral Thrust

MDF:

Moradabad Fault

MDSSF:

Mahendragarh-Dehradun Sub Surface Fault

MF:

Mathura fault

Mmax :

Maximum magnitude potential

MObs :

Maximum observed magnitude

Mw :

Moment magnitude

PFR:

Percentage fault rupture

PGA:

Peak ground acceleration

PGAmax :

PGA at a grid point corresponding to controlling earthquake

PSHA:

Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis

PSA:

Peak spectral acceleration

r:

Hypocentral distance

RLD:

Subsurface rupture length

RT:

Ramgarh Thrust

SA:

Spectral acceleration \( \frac{{S_{a} }}{g} \)

SHA:

Seismic hazard analysis

SLDR:

Sargodha-Lahore-Delhi-Ridge

SNF:

Sundar Nagar Fault

SSF:

Sardar Shahar Fault

TFL:

Total fault length

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Acknowledgments

Authors would like to acknowledge Department of Science and Technology (DST), Ministry of Science and Technology, India for providing financial assistance to carry out the study under INSPIRE Fellowship Scheme (Candidate Code IF130892). Authors are thankful to Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), Delhi for providing data for preparing earthquake catalogue of the study region. Authors thank the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments towards improving the quality of the manuscript.

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Puri, N., Jain, A. Deterministic Seismic Hazard Analysis for the State of Haryana, India. Indian Geotech J 46, 164–174 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40098-015-0167-1

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