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Todevelop seismic design criteria for buildings, seismic hazard analysis is required to estimate the ground motionintensity with criteria such as peak groundacceleration (PGA). The seismic hazard can be analyzed by using two approaches: deterministic seismic hazard analysis (DSHA) andprobabilistic seismic hazard analysis (PSHA). In these two approaches, theseismic hazard is evaluated from past earthquake events and active faults data. In Thailand, seismic hazard is classified in the low lying regions; however, in recently years,earthquakes have occurred frequently in the North of Thailand. Toprevent and reduce damage due to earthquakes in the future, determinationof seismic hazard is needed. Thisresearch proposes a deterministic seismic hazardmap evaluated from nineteenactive faults affectingThailand. Two types of active faults are considered: first, an active fault in a subduction zone and second, a crustal fault. The seismic hazard is evaluated by using a groundmotion prediction equation (GMPEs). Four GMPEs are weighted equally forseismic crustal fault, and two GMPEs are weighted equally fora seismic subduction zone. The hypocentral distance isused to evaluate the seismic hazard for all ground motion prediction equations.The Northern part and the Western part of Thailand are high seismic hazardregions, because there are active faults with the large possibility of earthquakes of a maximum magnitude. The seismichazards in the North, West and Northeast of Thailand are about 0.60 g.The seismic hazard in Bangkok is about 0.25 g due to the Three Pagoda fault and Sri Sawat fault. The seismic hazard in the South of Thailand is about 0.40 g. |
