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These proceedings include most of the available information on this major seismic event and its consequences. With an estimated moment magnitude of 7.7 and a heavy toll in terms of human and economic losses, it ranks as the largest intermediate-depth
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The 1940 Vrancea Earthquake. Issues, Insights and Lessons Learnt Proceedings of the Symposium Commemorating 75 Years from November 10, 1940 Vrancea Earthquake
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The 1940 Vrancea Earthquake. Issues, Insights and Lessons Learnt Proceedings of the Symposium Commemorating 75 Years from November 10, 1940 Vrancea Earthquake
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Editors Radu Vacareanu Seismic Risk Assessment Research Center Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest Bucharest Romania
ISSN 2365-0656 Springer Natural Hazards ISBN 978-3-319-29843-6 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-29844-3
Constantin Ionescu National Institute for Earth Physics Măgurele Romania
ISSN 2365-0664
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ISBN 978-3-319-29844-3
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Preface
The November 10, 1940 Vrancea intermediate-depth earthquake, with a moment magnitude MW = 7.7, is the strongest seismic event in the past 100 years in Romania and it ranks as the largest intermediate-depth earthquake that occurred in Europe in the twentieth century. This seismic event caused a high death toll (more than 550 people) and more than 1200 casualties, as well as very heavy damage in the epicentral region and hundreds of kilometers away from the epicenter. In Bucharest, the tallest reinforced concrete structure at that time—Carlton building— completely collapsed. The National Symposium 75 Years from November 10th 1940 Vrancea Earthquake took place on November 10, 2015 at the Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest (UTCB). The symposium aimed at sharing the lessons learnt aft
