SEISMIC HAZARD MODEL

	THE ESC-SESAME UNIFIED SEISMIC HAZARD MODEL FOR THE EUROPEAN-MEDITERRANEAN REGION
	European Seismological Commission UNESCO-IUGS International Geological Correlation Program Project no. 382 SESAME Editors: D. Giardini, M.-J. Jiménez and G. Grunthal
The ESC-SESAME is the first ever unified model for Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment for Europe and the Mediterranean. It was developed within the framework of several recent projects on global and regional seismic hazard assessment and allows for homogeneous hazard computation throughout the whole European-Mediterranean domain.
This Unified Hazard Modeling for Europe and the Mediterranean will contribute to the establishment of a regional seismic hazard framework for the region in terms of peak ground and spectral acceleration from which seismologists, geologists and earthquake engineers can profit as a general guideline. The Seismic Hazard Map of the European-Mediterranean region, in terms of peak ground acceleration at a 10% probability of exceedance in 50 years for stiff soil conditions, has been published in 2003 under the auspices of the European Seismological Commission (ESC) in 5000 copies.
		The map has received the 2003 Award for Excellence in Cartography of the International Cartographic Association (ICA), in the Scientific Map Section of the International Map Exhibition at the 21st International Cartographic Conference, held in Durban, South Africa, 10-16 August 2003.
For more information: The ESC-SESAME Unified Hazard Model for the European-Mediterranean Region, EMSC/CSEM Newsletter, 19, 2-4., 2003 Unified seismic hazard modelling throughout the Mediterranean region, Boll. Geof. Teor. Appl., 42, 3-18, 2001 EUROPEAN-MEDITERRANEAN SEISMIC HAZARD MAP Seismic hazard Seismic Hazard Assessment in the European-Mediterranean region Acknowledgements Editorial Board IGCP-382 SESAME Project Directors Principal contributors