Deterministic Seismic Hazard Analysis of Gorakhpur Region

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IJSTE - International Journal of Science Technology & Engineering | Volume 2 | Issue 09 | March 2016 ISSN (online): 2349-784X

Deterministic Seismic Hazard Analysis of “GORAKHPUR” Region Sagar Tripathi Department of Civil Engineering Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur

Sana Zafar Department of Civil Engineering Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur

Abstract Many earthquakes have been knowledgeable in Indian peninsular shield, which was previously treated to be seismically steady. Seismic risk assessment refers to an evaluation of ground motion parameters at a particular area by considering some past earthquake evidence. In the current study seismic risk assessment is performed for the “Gorakhpur” city. It is a highly seismic prone area. It comes under zone IV. The manuscript presents the resolve of peak ground acceleration (PGA) and maximum credible earthquake (MCE). MCE has been dogged by taking into account the local seismotectonic movement in a propos 350 km radius about Gorakhpur city. The seismic risk in provisions of peak horizontal acceleration was estimated to be 0.312g using attenuation model by “Sharma” (2000) and 0.032g using attenuation model by “Iyenger and Raghukanth” (2004). The calculated peak horizontal acceleration in the nearby reading is in verification with the observed values of Nepal earthquakes and is furthermore similar to standards reported in additional studies. Keywords: Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA), Maximum Credible Earthquake (MCE), Seismic hazard ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I.

INTRODUCTION

Earthquake is an unexpected sadistic vibration of the earth, naturally causing huge devastation, as a end result of activities within volcanic stroke or the earth's shell. The current district of Gorakhpur stuck between Long. 83º 05' E and 83º 56’ E and Lat. 26º 13’ N and 27º 29' N. In 1971 it occupied area about 6,301 sq.km and population which was 30, 38,177 (14, 57,587 females). The area occupies the north-eastern place of the state next to the area of Deoria, and comprises a large stretch of country lying to the north of the river Ghaghra. In the zonal map of country (India) the area deceit in zone IV answerable to modest spoil by earthquakes. While till now no foremost earthquake occurred near to it, the zone being not distant from the Himalayan Boundary fault, experiences the special effects of modest to grand earthquakes stirring there. The seismic strength may not go beyond to VIII on the Modified Mercalli scale in 1931. The forests are usually originating in the northern scrap of the regionwhile in the earlier period they comprehensive as far as to the south of area (Gorakhpur) and along the Rapti in south-eastern part of the region.

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