MASW Measurements for Seismic Site Effect Evaluation

O5 - 03 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING & ARCHAEO-GEOPHYSICS MASW MEASUREMENTS FOR SEISMIC SITE EFFECT EVALUATION 1 2 1 2 1 1 L. Hermann A.I. Kanli Zs. Pronay A. Pinar P. Tildy E. Toros 1 Eotvos Lorand Geophysical Institute Department of Engineering Geophysics Budapest Hungary 2 Istanbul University Engineering Faculty Department of Geophysical Engineering 34320 Avcilar Istanbul Turkey Introduction It is generally considered that in Hungary there is no relevant seismic hazard. However several moderate size historical earthquakes (between M=5 and M=6) occured in Hungary in the last centuries (http://fir.seismology.hu/georisk/Recent/Historical.html) hence the seismic risk must not be ignored — mainly at densely