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Tsunami in Australia: challenging assumptions, building preparedness
University of Newcastle researchers captured media attention in 2017 with the release of a study modelling tsunami risk for the city of Sydney. The study considered a range of... -
Drivers of wind risk in South East Queensland
South East Queensland (SEQ) is exposed to a range of severe storms that generate damaging winds, including east coast lows, thunderstorms and tropical cyclones. The risk posed... -
National Seismic Risk Assessment for Residential Buildings in Australia using NSHA23
The overall earthquake bedrock hazard across Australia is low compared to the hazard of countries located at tectonic plate boundaries. This hazard is, however, variable and... -
Interim Amendment to PNGS 1001-1982: Part 4 Earthquake Design Actions
Papua New Guinea (PNG) sits at complex boundary between three major tectonic plates and eight microplates. As a result of this setting, the region experiences significant... -
A new wave of tsunami hazard data
In 2018, Geoscience Australia updated and released the Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment (PTHA), which outlines the tsunami hazard for all of Australia and its offshore... -
Science and technology for disaster management: Highlights from completing a...
Indonesia is one of the most disaster prone countries in the world. For 10 years the Australian and Indonesian governments, science agencies and universities, have partnered to... -
Tsunami in Australia: challenging assumptions, building preparedness
University of Newcastle researchers captured media attention in 2017 with the release of a study modelling tsunami risk for the city of Sydney. The study considered a range of... -
Deaggregation of NBCC 2015 seismic hazard for selected Canadian cities
The Geological Survey of Canada's 5th Generation seismic hazard model for Canada forms the basis for the seismic design provisions of the 2015 National Building Code of Canada... -
Potential geologic sources of seismic hazard in Australia’s south-eastern...
Many mapped faults in the south-eastern highlands of New South Wales and Victoria are associated with apparently youthful topographic ranges, suggesting that active faulting may... -
Interim Amendment to PNGS 1001-1982 Translating an Improved Assessment of...
Earthquake design standards seek to ensure that structures are adequately resilient to local hazard. The probabilistic hazard that forms the basis of the design loadings used...
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