Database of active faults in Slovenia: geologic input into seismic hazard assessment at national scale

Abstract

Seismic hazard assessment requires seismic source models representative for time spans greater than the period of earthquake catalogue completeness. In order to include seismic deformation in a several hundreds to thousands of year time interval, we need to rely on long-term geologic input in the form of fault seismogenic sources. This is particularly valid for low to moderate seismic deformation rate areas, where strong earthquakes tend to have long return periods, as is the case in Slovenia.