Principles of Natural Hazards Catalogs Compiling and Magnitude Classification

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Otar Sh. Varazanashvili
George M. Gaprindashvili
Elizbar Sh. Elizbarashvili
Tsisana Z. Basilashvili
Avtandil G. Amiranashvili

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A systematic inventory of natural hazard (NH) events over the Georgia is valuable for estimating expected hazard and risk,  human and economic losses, quantifying the relationship between NH occurrences and climate variations and for evaluating  prediction new efforts. Therefore, it is planned to compile the catalogs of the 5 types of NHs (landslide, debris flow, flash flood, hurricane wind and hail) causing significant economic losses and casualties in Georgia throughout the historical time, drawing upon old and new reports, scholarly articles and other hazard databases. This article develops a principles of NH data collection, the basics of magnitude classification of NH events, which will be used in the process of cataloging and magnitude harmonization of these events

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Extreme natural event, natural hazard, natural disaster, natural disaster risk, magnitude, parametric catalog.
Published: Oct 4, 2022
DOI: https://doi.org/10.48614/ggs2520224794

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Varazanashvili, O. S., Gaprindashvili, G. M. ., Elizbarashvili, E. S. ., Basilashvili, T. Z. ., & Amiranashvili, A. G. . (2022). Principles of Natural Hazards Catalogs Compiling and Magnitude Classification. Journals of Georgian Geophysical Society, 25(1). https://doi.org/10.48614/ggs2520224794
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Vol. 25 No. 1 (2022): Physics of Solid Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Space Plasma
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