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Improving earthquake risk maps, and the world’s oldest ice
Science Magazine Podcast
Challenges in Translating Historical Earthquake Intensity Data
The chapter explores the complexities of using historical earthquake intensity data to assess seismic hazard, emphasizing discrepancies in intensity levels between historical records and modern models. It discusses the process of collecting and analyzing historical data to create intensity data sets, highlighting the importance of integrating human observations with seismometer readings. The conversation also addresses the overestimation of shaking in seismic hazard maps globally, attributing it to biases in the conversion equations used to translate historical shaking intensity data.
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