Course Unit Page
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Teacher Paolo Gasperini
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Learning modules Paolo Gasperini (Modulo 1)
Alberto Armigliato (Modulo 2)
Jacopo Selva (Modulo 3)
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Credits 6
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SSD GEO/10
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Teaching Mode Traditional lectures (Modulo 1)
Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
Traditional lectures (Modulo 3)
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Language Italian
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Campus of Bologna
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Degree Programme Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Physics of the Earth System (cod. 8626)
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Course Timetable from Feb 22, 2022 to May 31, 2022
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.

Academic Year 2021/2022
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student knows the phenomenology and the main data that characterize the great earthquakes and seismic cycles and learns the methods of seismic hazard assessment.
Course contents
Module 1 - Paolo Gasperini
Location and magnitude
Focal mechanisms
Statistical properties of occurrence
Deterministic forecast
Macroseismology
Module 2 - Alberto Armigliato
Empirical distribution of seismic and seismic-induced phenomenologies
Notes on Ground Motion Prediction Equations (GMPE)
Land liquefaction induced by earthquakes
Instability of slopes induced by earthquakes
Tsunamis generated by earthquakes
Module 3 - Jacopo Selva
Hazard and probability risk quantification (PHA and PRA)
Decision making and space-time scales
Random and epistemic uncertainties
Seismic and tsunami hazard of long-term seismic origin (PSHA and S-PTHA)
Early warning
Multi-hazard and multi-risk
Readings/Bibliography
Sismologia
E. Boschi - M. Dragoni
Lesson slides
Teaching methods
Class lectures
Assessment methods
Oral exam of about 45 minutes
Teaching tools
Computer presentations
Office hours
See the website of Paolo Gasperini
See the website of Alberto Armigliato
See the website of Jacopo Selva