Improving urban seismic risk estimates for Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, through incorporating recently gained geological knowledge of hazards

• Main Authors: Amey, Ruth M. J., Elliott, John R., Watson, C. Scott, Walker, Richard, Pagani, Marco, Silva, Vitor, Hussain, Ekbal, Abdrakhmatov, Kanatbek E., Baikulov, Sultan, Kyzy, Gulkaiyr Tilek
• Other Authors: Institute of Catastrophe Risk Management (ICRM)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Science::Geology; Earthquake; Hazard
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/164562
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Many cities are built on or near active faults, which pose seismic hazard and risk to the urban population. This risk is exacerbated by city expansion, which may obscure signs of active faulting. Here, we estimate the risk to Bishkek city, Kyrgyzstan, due to realistic earthquake scenarios based on h...