Updated are Design Standards «Construction in Seismic Regions» (SNIP II-7-81), on the Agenda are Updating Maps of General Seismic Zoning

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When updating a SNIP II-7?81 «Construction in seismic regions» some fundamental changes are made. These changes necessitate changes in the methods, as well as in maps of general seismic zoning (GSZ), which are used in the current regulations. The new updated standards and the old GSZ maps are incompatible.

The paper presents the reasons and examples of this incompatibility. Some suggestions on the expected results for the GSZ update maps of updated design standards «Construction in seismic regions» are also presented.