2010 - Turkey

The International Training Courses on ‘Seismology and Seismic Hazard Assessment’ aim at improving the earthquake hazard assessment and risk estimation through training on seismological analysis methods. They provide theoretical fundamentals and practical training in applied seismology, especially for geoscientists and engineers from developing countries. During the training course education focuses on seismology, seismogram analysis, the precise analysis of earthquake locations and earthquake magnitudes, microzonation, and the calculation and interpretation of the regional earthquake hazard and risk.