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AN: S31A-1018    [Abstracts]
TI: Assessment of Seismic Hazard for the State of Kuwait
AU: * Alenezi, A K
EM: aenezi@safat.kisr.edu.kw
AF: Kuwait Institute for scientfic Research, P.O Box 24885 Safat, Kuwait, 13109
AU: Sadeq, A
EM: asadeq@safat.kisr.edu.kw
AF: Kuwait Institute for scientfic Research, P.O Box 24885 Safat, Kuwait, 13109
AU: Abdulfatah, R M
EM: abdulfatah@safat.kisr.edu.kw
AF: Kuwait Institute for scientfic Research, P.O Box 24885 Safat, Kuwait, 13109
AB: Kuwait considered quiet seismically since it characterized by low level of seismic activities by the world standard. In the last three decades, several earthquakes with magnitude (ML) near and above 4 have occurred in Kuwait. In addition, the Kuwait National Seismic Network (KNSN) recorded several low magnitude earthquakes mostly clustered within the vicinity of the oil fields since March 1997. This clustering within the oil fields indicates a possible association of seismicity with oil production in Kuwait. The seismic hazard map for 10 % probabilities of exceedance in a 50 year period shows that Kuwait has maximum PGA value 10 gal, while the seismic hazard map for 2 % probabilities of exceedance in a 50 year shows that the maximum PGA value 20 gal. The potential sources of hazard in Kuwait is the southwest near by the Minagish, Umm Qudair fields and externally from Zagros Mountain.
DE: 1734 Seismology
SC: Seismology [S]
MN: 2004 AGU Fall Meeting