“…While the DSHA evaluates the worst-case scenario and presents the values of ground motion related to the worst-case scenario, the PSHA allows determining the exceedance rates of the specified ground motion at a desired time. Therefore, a direct comparison between DSHA and PSHA results does not make sense, but the regional trend over the large zones of maximum values (Gorringe, Planicia Horseshoe, Coral Patch areas, in the Atlantic sector, and Arzew Faults Algerian zone, in the Mediterranean), minimum and intermediate PGA values is similar to that obtained in this work with DSHA despite the maps obtained with PSHA methods (UPM- IGN, 2017 andPoggi et al, 2020), with a different zonation (Woessner et al, 2015), or with a nonzoned method (Crespo et al, 2014). DSHA, unlike other SHA methods, is not affected by the uncertainty of the seismic parameters, as handled by the method, which can be very relevant in areas where a complete comprehensive fault-specific catalogue of faults and their activity is not available for a robust estimation.…”