The 1940 Vrancea Earthquake. Issues, Insights and Lessons Learnt Proceedings of the Symposium Commemorating 75 Years from November 10, 1940 Vrancea Earthquake /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Vacareanu, Radu (Editor), Ionescu, Constantin (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: Springer Natural Hazards,
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Structural geology.; Natural disasters.; Buildings > Design and construction.; Building.; Construction.; Engineering, Architectural.; Earth Sciences.; Natural Hazards.; Structural Geology.; Building Construction.

These proceedings include most of the available information on this major seismic event and its consequences. With an estimated moment magnitude of 7.7 and a heavy toll in terms of human and economic losses, it ranks as the largest intermediate-depth earthquake in Europe in the twentieth century. Ne...