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Where can I found the seismic map for countries that can I use in seismic design ?

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Question added by Ahmad Al-Qwasmeh , Highways and Bridges Engineer , Associated Consulting Engineers Int'l - Jordan
Date Posted: 2015/04/20
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Muhammad Sohail
by Muhammad Sohail , Principal Engineer , BUILDCON Consulting Engineers

You can refer to UBC97 Chapter16 or IBC2012. But its better to have a micro-zonation map / data of the area so that actual seismic parameters may be used yielding more realistic results. 

Yahya Zahran
by Yahya Zahran , Structural Design Team Leader , EHAF Consulting Engineers - Qatar Branch

Refer to the seismic Loads code for the region in question. ex. ( ASCE, IBC, SBC, ... )

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