Seismology and Laboratory

The course unit aims to provide the necessary knowledges for understanding the generation and effects of earthquakes and the modelling of propagation of seismic wave through the planet. The course unit also discusses applications of such a knowledge in order to assess the seismic hazard and the current legislation for seismic risk.

Capability to understand the physical laws governing earthquake generation processes and the propagation of seismic waves, the site effects and the seismic response spectrum of buildings.
Capability to understand the main elements that define the seismic hazard and to evaluate the seismic action based on current legislation.
Capability to access the databases of the main seismic data centers in order to obtain seismic catalogs, information on seismic networks and to process the waveforms in order to estimate the magnitude, the origin time and the hypocenter of seismic events.
Basic programming skills in Python.