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Seti Hydropower Project, the -value within area of 300km of the dam site is found to be 3.48, and the -
value is 0.83. Similarly, for other 12 source zones, seismicity parameters were determined.
In the study, the -value was kept the same throughout all seismic source zones considering -value
depends upon the tectonic characteristics of the region.
Recommendations
Future seismic events at the dam site could be predicted on carring out further researches using these
seismicity parameters. These parameters are also significant for performing the probabilistic seismic hazard
analysis.
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