The Meaning of Eurocode 8 and Induced Seismicity for Earthquake Engineering in The Netherlands

The Netherlands is one of the few European countries where seismic loading is not a dominant part of the national codes. Only for very special structures, earthquakes are regarded as a separate loading case. Until now, Eurocode 8 (EC8) is not part of Dutch building laws nor is there an official Dutch translation. Tectonic seismicity mainly occurs in the southern part of The Netherlands. The Dutch code NEN 6702 has a zonation map which shows horizontal peak accelerations of 0.01g to 0.1g for a return period of 5000 years. However, this seismic zonation map is yet not coherent with the EC8 Natio... Mehr ...