GUVERNUL ROMANIEI

Project DACEA:
DAnube Cross-border system for

Earthquakes Alert
Prof. Gh. Marmureanu - Project Manager
The Sustainable Innovation, Romania, November
29,2012

Project title

DAnube Cross-border system for

Earthquakes Alert

Lead partner
(PL).

National Institute of Research and

Development for Earth Physics

Priority axis
no.

2. Environment

Key Area of
Intervention

2. Development of joint infrastructure and

services to prevent the impact of natural and
man-made crises, including joint emergency
response services

Partners:
2.

Geophysical Institute of Bulgarian Academy of

Sciences

3.

OLTENIA DOLJ COUNTY INSPECTORATE FOR

EMERGENCY SITUATIONS

4.

Association of the Danube River Municipalities

Danube

The innovative aspects of this early warning

system is that it can make a substantial contribution to
overall risk reduction objectives by enabling vulnerable
groups to take timely action to mitigate loss and damage
in advance of an impending hazard event. Integration of
early warning system into real-time information systems
turns out to be a crucial step and essential tool to
mitigate the impact of strong earthquakes on urban
environment in this part of World.
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Brussels,23.2.2009
COM(2009) 82 final
A Community approach on the prevention of natural and
man-made disasters
Section 3.2.4 :
Reinforcing early warning tools

The ability of citizens and policy makers to mitigate

disasters depends, to a great extent, on access to reliable
early warning tools by:
Reducing alert times of early warning systems;
Continuing the cooperation with the southern Mediterranean
countries that aims at improving the access of existing early
warning systems to real time information;
COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
Brussels,23.2.2009
COM(2009) 82 final
disasters

A Community approach on the prevention of natural and man-made

warning tools

Section 3.2.4 : Reinforcing early

The recent stress and strain pattern in the Central

The strain transfer from the active Adriatic,Aegean

and Vrancea deformation fronts through the

Conditions for earthquake

warning system
-High seismic activity
-Small epicenter area: 30 x 70
kmp
-Seismic information from
long time

Vrancea
seismicity !

confined to the crust, except the Vrancea zone, where

earthquakes with focal depth down to 200 km occur. For
example, the ruptured area migrated from 150 km to 180
km (Nov. 10,1940 Vrancea earthquake, Mw =7.7), from
90 to 110 km (March 4, 1977 earthquake, Mw =7.4),from
130 to 150 km (Aug. 30, 1986, Mw = 7.1) and from 70 to
90 km (May 30,1990, Mw =6.9) depth.The depth
interval between 110 km and 130 km remains not
ruptured since 1802, Oct. 26, when it was the
strongest earthquake occurred in this part of
Central Europe. The magnitude is assumed to be
Mw =7.9 - 8.0 and this depth interval is a natural
candidate for the next strong Vrancea event. The
strong seismic events originating from Vrancea area can
generate the most destructive effects experienced in
Romania and Bulgaria, and may seriously affect high risk
man-made structures such as nuclear power plants
(Cernavoda, Kozloduj etc.),chemical plants, large dams,
and pipelines located within a wide area from Central

The 1977, Mw=7.4 Vrancea earthquake,

h=95 km, IBUCHAREST= IX MSK; IRUSSE =IX MSK
High dynamic amplification at long periods, dangerous for
high buildings,
that makes Bucharest the most dangerous capital city of
Europe

In Romania: 1578 dead and 11,321 injured (90% of dead and

injured 67% of Bucharest), 36 blocks in Bucharest, fell to the
ground, 32,900 houses collapsed or severely damaged 35,000
families homeless, tens of thousands of buildings damaged,
many other damage and destruction in the industry and
economy etc. On territory of Bulgaria: 285 dead and injured, 8470
buildings partially destroyed and ruined etc.

What can be done?

Objectives :
Prevention of the natural disasters generated by
earthquakes in crossborder area Romania-Bulgaria, developing the early
warning integrated
communication network and capacity building at local
level based on
results of research in this field;
Assessment of the seismic risk degree and the
earthquakes effects in the
Romania Bulgaria cross-border area, based on the
updating of the
current database existed in the two countries
specialized institutions and
on the geological, economical and social particularities;
To develop and implement an integrated seismic

BUDG
ETPartner
: 2

Lead partner

TOTAL /
partner

4,757,926.00

5,706,096.00

347,700.00

Partner
3
0.00

Partner 4

Partner 5

68,700.00

531,770.00

ESTIMATED ELIGIBLE
EXPEDITURE CALENDAR
:
Reimbursement
Total :

Approved

Accomplis
hed

Reimbursement 15

4,076,851

58,5051.81

Reimbursement 610
1,629,245
Obs. There have been delays in the tender
Total:
for equipment
Value for equipment = 3,673, 350 Euro

Estimate

5,121,044.
19
5,706,096

TIME of Vrancea earthquake alert !

EWS is based on the difference between speed of S

and P seismic waves and data transmission speed.
Usually it is a time period ranging from several
seconds to 1.00 minute.

Earthquakes at depths h=150 km, 29 sec. the

Early Warning System for Deep Strong Vrancea

EWS for irradiator nuclear installation from

EWS and Shake

Map Location in
seismic risk
management, in
security of critical
infrastructure systems
as a system of
systems
in cross boder area !

FLOW DIAGRAM OF EARTHQUAKE DISASTER

INFORMATION
DANGEROUS
FACILITIES (SWITCH OFF)

EEWS

NIEP
NDC
Earthquake
parameters

LOCAL AUTHORITY
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
CIVIL PROTECTION

PUBLIC
- Alert
- Information

Warning using RDS-FM

The NIEP command room from

PLANUL NATIONAL DE CERCETARE,DEZVOLTARE SI INOVARE

2007-2013, PNII
Program PARTENERIATE
Subprogram Proiecte Colaborative de Cercetare Aplicativa

Bridging the gap between seismology and

earthquake engineering. From the seismicity of

Romania towards refined implementation of seismic
action of European Norm EN 1998-1 in earthquake
resistant design of buildings
Prof.Gh.Marmureanu

Project Director:

Contract nr.72/2012-2015 : 3.524.500 lei

1.Institutul National pentru Fizica Pamantului
2.Univ.Tehnica de Contructii Bucuresti
3.Urban -INCERC Bucuresti
4. AEDIFICIA CARPATI S.A.

In the EU strategy ,the Commission

and the Council of the European Union
have identified standardization as a
key instrument for improvement in
order to foster innovation (Brussels,
11.3.2008,COM(2008) 133 final-Towards an increased
contribution from standardization to innovation to Europe ).

A stronger role for standardization in support of

innovation is important for the Europe effort to
address economic, environmental and social
challenges.
Refined implementation of seismic action of European Norm
EN 1998-1 in earthquake resistant design of building in
Romania area has a dimension of public interest, in
particular whenever issues of safety, health, security and of
the environment are at stake.
In addition the standard-setting process needs to be in line
with EC 8 European competition provisions.

Innovative aspects of the project:

The scientific WPs of the project pursue several objectives
which are innovative from a scientific and/or technological point of view. The general objective of the project is
to enhance the capability ofand real seismology to
mitigate the effects of the incoming destructive waves on
structures and the increase the efficiency of emergency
management. The objective requires research at the
frontier of seismology, nonlinear seismology etc.
However, dynamic standardization in earthquake engineering by taking into consideration the last data and new
knowledge in seismology,earth physics and engineering
seismology fields is an important enabler of innovation
as follows:

(a)-New seismic hazard standards in Romania will express

the state of the art give innovators a level playing field
facilitating interoperability and competition between
new and already existing ones. New standards provide
designers with trust in the safety and performance of
new products;
(b)-The development of new seismic hazard standards in
Romania is also necessary to accompany the emergence
of new operators and corporations from Europe and the
introduction of complex design and construction systems
compatible with deep Vrancea earthquakes and crustal
ones from other countries ;
(c)-The use of new seismic hazard standards in Romania
will contribute to diffusing knowledges and facilitating
the application of technologies and this may then trigger
new innovations, in particular nontechnological
innovations in the management sector, new values-added
to European Community.

a).Acceleratia maxima a terenului PGA

si acceleratia de varf efectiva a
terenului EPA:
EPA = SAmax / 2.5
b).Viteza maxima a terenului PGV si
viteza de varf a terenului EPV:
EPV = SVmax / 2.5

Spectral amplification factors (SAF). Damping =5% .

Earthquake Comp. Sa(g)max Sa(g)max /amax ; Sv(m/s)max Sv(m/s)max/vmax
.
Aug.30,1986 N-S
0.193
3.74
24.10
5.56
MW=7.1;131 km Z
0.203
3.14
22.58
8.33
E-W 0.261
4.05
23.60
5.82
.
May 30,1990 N-S
0.398
3.65
31.77
3.23
MW=6.9; 90km Z
0.153
2.83
20.11
2.76
E-W 0.488
4.75
38.16
3.89
.
May 31,1990
N-S
0.173
3.41
12.43
2.15
MW=6.4;79km Z
0.050
3.43
12.51
9.55
E-W 0.293
5.75
23.35
8.11

The innovation is in fact the magnet ...

and the business is coming to
innovation !

Thank you
for your attention !