UNESCO-RELEMR 2015 The XXXVI International Workshop on Seismicity and Earthquake Engineering in the Extended Mediterranean Region Special Sessions on the Preservation of Cultural Heritage Sites An activity of the programme on Reduction of Earthquake Losses in the Extended Mediterranean Region (RELEMR) Workshop report Ravenna [Italy] • Grand Hotel Mattei October 26-29 • 2015 SC/EES/EGR/2015/XXVI Paris, France. October 2015 Original: English United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization – UNESCO U.S. Geological Survey – USGS University of Bologna Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia – INGV Centro Eventi Estremi e Disastri – EEDIS Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities Scientific Committee: Alexandros Makarigakis, UNESCO Jair Torres, UNESCO Michael Foose, USGS, USA Frederick Simon, UNESCO-USGS, USA Gianluca Valensise, INGV, Italy Emanuela Guidoboni, EEDIS and University of Bologna, Italy Francesco Mulargia, University of Bologna, Italy Jean-Paul Poirier, EEDIS, France Organizing-Executive Committee Marie Schellens, UNESCO Jair Torres, UNESCO Michael Foose, USGS, USA Giovanni Gabbianelli, University of Bologna, Italy Beatrice M.S. Giambastiani, University of Bologna, Italy Nicolas Greggio, University of Bologna, Italy Cristina Massa, Flaminia Foundation, Italy Carla Rossi, Flaminia Foundation, Italy Cover photo credit Giada Giambastiani For further information, please contact: Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Section on Earth Sciences and Geo-Hazards Risk Reduction, Natural Science Sector UNESCO 7, place de Fontenoy, 1.035 F-75352 Paris 07 SP Tel.: +33 (0) 1 45 68 4178 E-mail: [email protected] The authors are responsible for the choice and presentation of facts contained in this publication and for the opinions expressed therein, which are not necessarily those of UNESCO and do not commit the Organization. The designations employed and the presentation of the material throughout this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of UNESCO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. © UNESCO 2015 Printed in Italy PROCEEDINGS The XXXVI International Workshop on Seismicity and Earthquake Engineering in the Extended Mediterranean Region an activity of the programme on Reduction of Earthquake Losses in the Extended Mediterranean Region (RELEMR) Ravenna, Italy October 26 - 29, 2015 Contents 1. Foreword ........................................................................................................................... 1 2. Agenda .............................................................................................................................. 3 3. Abstracts ........................................................................................................................... 9 4. List of Participants ......................................................................................................... 45 1. Foreword The XXXVI International Workshop on Seismicity and Earthquake Engineering in the Extended Mediterranean Region, an activity of the programme on Reduction of Earthquake Losses in the Extended Mediterranean Region (RELEMR), will be held in Ravenna, Italy, from 25 October to 30 October 2015. This meeting will have a specific focus on ways to protect cultural heritage sites. The first day of the meeting (26 October) will focus on the assessment of seismic hazard of the extended Mediterranean area at different scales and with different methodologies, and will be open to discussion of case histories from individual countries. During the second day (27 October) participants will discuss the state-of-the-art of knowledge on risk assessment of the many large urban centers of the extended Mediterranean area and of their cultural heritage. The recent catastrophic 25 April 2015, Nepal earthquake (M w 7.8) will be used as a living example of how the risk mitigation strategies implemented in that country over the past two decades have contributed to the effective reduction of human and property losses. The third day (28 October) will be dedicated to a field trip to Ferrara, about 70 km from Ravenna. Ferrara, the "City of Renaissance", was rebuilt after a devastating earthquake in 1570 and damaged by the May 2012 Emilia earthquakes. In 1995 UNESCO qualified it as World Heritage Site. The fourth, and last, day (29 October) will be devoted to the assessment and mitigation of seismic risk of the abundant archaeological and architectural cultural heritage that exists throughout all countries represented by the RELEMR community. Although focusing on cultural heritage preservation, the meeting will also continue the RELEMR tradition of having more general sessions that provide participating countries the opportunity to present contributions on other subjects that are part of RELEMR’s commitment to understanding regional seismology and mitigating earthquake risk. This brochure contains a compilation of abstracts of presentations made available prior to the event. It is hoped that it will serve as a good basis for the proceedings of the workshop. We express our appreciation to the authors of these abstracts. The content of this brochure does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Paris, 20 October 2015 Alexandros Makarigakis, Ph.D Chief of Unit Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Earth Sciences and Geo-hazards Risk Reduction Natural Science Sector UNESCO, Paris XXXVI UNESCO-RELEMR International Workshop Reducing Earthquake Losses in the Extended Mediterranean Region (RELEMR): Ravenna, Italy, 2015 1 XXXVI UNESCO-RELEMR International Workshop Reducing Earthquake Losses in the Extended Mediterranean Region (RELEMR): Ravenna, Italy, 2015 2 2. Agenda Monday, 26 October 2015 08:30 – 09:30 Registration Opening Ceremony 09:30 – 10:30 • Mr. Giannantonio Mingozzi, Deputy Mayor of Ravenna • Mr. Lanfranco Gualtieri, President of Flaminia Foundation • Prof. Enrico Dinelli, University of Bologna • Dr. Michael Foose, USGS • Dr. Alexandros Makarigakis, UNESCO Introduction of Participants Logistical announcements 10:30 – 11:00 Coffee/tea break First Session: Assessing seismic hazard in the extended Mediterranean area - I 11:00 – 13:00 Keynote Presentations Chair: Amina Abdessemed Foufa 11:00 – 11:40 Francesco Mulargia Earthquake physics and seismic risk reduction 11:40 – 12:20 Gianluca Valensise Seismic hazard assessment in Europe and in the circum-Mediterranean region: state-of-the-art 12:20 – 13:00 Karin Sesetyan The Earthquake Model of the Middle East region (EMME): PSHA results and expected developments 13:00 – 14:30 Lunch Second Session: Assessing seismic hazard in the extended Mediterranean area - II 14:30 – 15:40 Keynote Presentations Chair: Ufuk Hancilar 14:30 – 15:10 Stefano Grimaz The methodology used in the occasion of the 2015 Nepal earthquake for the quick safety assessment of strategic buildings and for securing cultural heritage structures 15:10 – 15:40 Mourad Bezzeghoud Seismicity and Seismic Hazard along the Western part of the Eurasia–Nubia plate boundary XXXVI UNESCO-RELEMR International Workshop Reducing Earthquake Losses in the Extended Mediterranean Region (RELEMR): Ravenna, Italy, 2015 3 15:40 – 18:30 Contributed papers Chair: Pauline Galea 15:40 – 16:00 Abdullah M. Al-Amri and Arthur J. Rodgers Structure of the lithosphere and upper mantle across the Arabian Peninsula 16:00 – 16:20 Galina Ataeva, Avi Shapira and Rami Hofstetter Determination of source parameters for local and regional earthquakes in Israel 16:20 – 16:50 Coffee/tea break 16:50 – 17:10 Rami Hofstetter, P., Malin, P., Shalev, E., Ben-Avraham, Z., Sagy, A., Shalev, E., Bariudin, V. 1,256 meters inside the earth - observations of seismic activity in the Dead Sea basin using borehole seismometer 17:10 – 17:30 Nacer Jabour Historical aspects of the tsunamis along the Moroccan Mediterranean and Atlantic coasts 17:30 – 17:50 Galina Ataeva, Yefim Gitterman and Avi Shapira The ratio between corner frequencies of source spectra of P and S waves – a new discriminant between earthquakes and quarry blasts 17:50 – 18:10 Robert Mellors Crustal velocity structure of Oman from ambient noise correlation 18:30 Free Night XXXVI UNESCO-RELEMR International Workshop Reducing Earthquake Losses in the Extended Mediterranean Region (RELEMR): Ravenna, Italy, 2015 4 Tuesday, 27 October 2015 Third Session: Seismic risk assessment in the extended Mediterranean area - I 09:00 – 10:40 Contributed Papers Chair: Gianluca Valensise 09:00 – 09:20 Stefano Grimaz, Petra Malisan, and Jair Torres VISUS - Visual Inspection for defining the Safety Upgrading Strategies 09:20 – 09:40 Edward Leibovich Assessment and seismic retrofit of existing residential buildings 09:40 – 10:00 Mohamed El Idrissi Ensuring business continuity for UAE Buildings using SHM and PBEE-Based response planning 10:00 – 10:20 Jalal Al-Dabbeek Support action for strengthening Palestine capabilities for seismic risk mitigation (SASPARM 2.0) 10:20 – 10:40 Mine Demircioglu Earthquake risk assessment for Istanbul metropolitan area 10:40 –11:10 Coffee/tea break 11:10 – 13:00 Keynote Presentations Chair: Maria Jose Jimenez 11:10 – 12:00 Jean-Paul Poirier and Emanuela Guidoboni The contribution of historical seismology to the evaluation of seismic risk 12:00 – 12:30 Amos Salamon Tsunamis in the Eastern Mediterranean – From historical data to modern