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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0185-092X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Ingeniería sísmica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Ing. sísm]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0185-092X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Mexicana de Ingeniería Sísmica A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0185-092X2016000100001</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Estudio de peligro sísmico de Ecuador y propuesta de espectros de diseño para la Ciudad de Cuenca]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Seismic hazard assessment for Ecuador and design spectra proposed for the City of Cuenca]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Quinde Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pablo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Reinoso Angulo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Eduardo]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Instituto de Ingeniería ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ D.F.]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Instituto de Ingeniería ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ D.F.]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<numero>94</numero>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>26</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0185-092X2016000100001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0185-092X2016000100001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0185-092X2016000100001&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: En este trabajo se presenta un estudio de peligro sísmico para el Ecuador. La falta de catálogos sísmicos completos, o en muchos casos la poca información relacionada al tema, hace que sea necesario un análisis probabilista de amenaza sísmica de manera que sea posible considerar las diferentes incertidumbres que se presentan en el proceso de cálculo. Esta metodología ha sido empleada en el presente trabajo para el estudio de peligro sísmico del Ecuador. Se debe partir de un catálogo que sea lo suficientemente depurado, homogéneo y completo, de manera que los parámetros sísmicos de las diferentes fuentes no presenten grandes desviaciones en sus resultados. Posteriormente, se estudiaron diferentes modelos de atenuación, los mismos que son necesarios para conocer las intensidades en cualquier punto de interés. En este estudio se obtienen resultados de peligro sísmico como curvas de peligro, espectros de peligro uniforme (EPU) y mapas de peligro sísmico, para diferentes periodos de retorno. Como aplicación de estos resultados, se obtienen espectros de diseño sísmico para la ciudad de Cuenca, partiendo de un estudio previo de efectos de sitio realizado por la Universidad de Cuenca en el año 2000.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: A seismic hazard study for Ecuador is presented in this paper. The lack of complete seismic catalogs or the little information available, makes necessary a probabilistic seismic hazard analysis to include the various uncertainties that arise in the calculation process. This methodology has been used in this work for the study of seismic hazard of Ecuador. The catalog must be sufficiently refined, homogeneous and complete, so that the seismic parameters of the different sources do not exhibit large deviations in the results. Different attenuation models are presented, since they are necessary to estimate the intensities at any point of interest. In this study, seismic hazard results such as hazard curves, uniform hazard spectra (EPU) and seismic hazard maps for different return periods are presented. As a case study, seismic design spectra for Cuenca are obtained, based on a previous site effects study conducted by the University of Cuenca in the year 2000.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[peligro sísmico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[catálogo sísmico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[espectros de peligro uniforme]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[curvas de peligro símico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[espectros de diseño]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[efectos de sitio]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[seismic hazard]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[seismic catalog]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[uniform hazard spectra]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[seismic hazard curves]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[design spectra]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[site effects]]></kwd>
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