New Perspectives in the Definition/Evaluation of Seismic Hazard through Analysis of the Environmental Effects Induced by Earthquakes

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The devastating effects caused by the recent catastrophic earthquakes that took place all over the world from Japan New Zealand to Chile as well as those occurring in the Mediterranean basin have once again shown that ground motion although a serious source of direct damage is not the only parameter to be considered with most damage being the result of coseismic geological effects that are directly connected to the earthquake source or caused by ground shaking.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> The primary environmental effects induced by earthquakes as well as the secondary effects (sensu Environmental Seismic Intensity - ESI 2007 scale) must be considered for a more correct and complete evaluation of seismic hazards at both regional and local scales.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> This Special Issue aims to collect all contributions that using different methodologies integrate new data produced with multi-disciplinary and innovative methods. These methodologies are essential for the identification and characterization of seismically active areas and for the development of new hazard models obtained using different survey techniques.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> The topic attracted a lot of interest 19 peer-reviewed articles were collected; moreover different areas of the world have been analyzed through these methodologies: Italy USA Spain Australia Ecuador Guatemala South Korea Kyrgyzstan Mongolia Russia China Japan and Nepal.</span></p>