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Rivas-Medina, A.Corresponding AuthorMartinez-Cuevas, S.AuthorGaspar-Escribano, J. M.AuthorStaller, A.Author

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June 9, 2019
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Models for reproducing the damage scenario of the Lorca earthquake

Publicated to: Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. 12 (5): 2075-2093 - 2014-10-01 12(5), DOI: 10.1007/s10518-014-9593-1

Authors:

Rivas-Medina, A; Martínez-Cuevas, S; Quirós, LE; Gaspar-Escribano, JM; Staller, A
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Affiliations

Ingeniería Sísmica: Dinámica de Suelos y Estructuras. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, ETSI Topog Geodesia & Cartog - Author

Abstract

A damage scenario modelling is developed and compared with the damage distribution observed after the 2011 Lorca earthquake. The strong ground motion models considered include five modern ground motion prediction equations (GMPEs) amply used worldwide. Capacity and fragility curves from the Risk-UE project are utilized to model building vulnerability and expected damage. Damage estimates resulting from different combinations of GMPE and capacity/fragility curves are compared with the actual damage scenario, establishing the combination that best explains the observed damage distribution. In addition, some recommendations are proposed, including correction factors in fragility curves in order to reproduce in a better way the observed damage in masonry and reinforce concrete buildings. The lessons learned would contribute to improve the simulation of expected damages due to future earthquakes in Lorca or other regions in Spain with similar characteristics regarding attenuation and vulnerability.
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Keywords

Average horizontal componentContextDamageGround-motionLorca earthquakeMotion prediction equationsPeriodsPgvResponse spectraSeismic scenarioSpainVulnerability

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2014, it was in position 69/175, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Geosciences, Multidisciplinary.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-27:

  • Google Scholar: 20
  • WoS: 10
  • Scopus: 11
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Impact and social visibility

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/36172/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 498
  • Downloads: 532
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (RIVAS MEDINA, ALICIA) and Last Author (STALLER VAZQUEZ, ALEJANDRA).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been RIVAS MEDINA, ALICIA.

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Awards linked to the item

The authors wish to thank two anonymous referees for their constructive and meaningful reviews. Funding from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (R+D National Plan, Project Asperides, reference CGL2009-14405-C02-01) is acknowledged. Fruitful discussions, comments and data from M. A. Santoyo (U. Complutense Madrid) and M. Navarro (U. Almeria) are highly appreciated.
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