TABLE OF U.S.

AND INTERNATIONAL SEISMIC CODES

RSD: Regulations for Seismic Design: A World List 1996 ** Country RSD SUP IHEE PEHA SDB UBC IBC
SUP: Regulations for Seismic Design: Supplement 2000 ** Ecuador X X X
PEHA: Practice of Earthquake Hazard Assessment Egypt X X X X X
IHEE: International Handbook of Earthquake Engineering El Salvador X X X X
SDB: Seismic Design for Buildings Equatorial Guinea X X
UBC: Uniform Building Code, 1997 Ethiopia X X X X
IBC: International Building Code, 2003 Fiji X X X
Finland X X X
Country RSD SUP IHEE PEHA SDB UBC IBC France X X X X X
Afghanistan X X X French West Indies X X
Albania X X X X Gabon X X
Algeria X X X X X Gambia X X
Angola X X Germany X X X X
Argentina X X X X X Ghana X X
Australia X X X X X Greece X X X X X X
Austria X X X X Greenland X X
Azores X X Grenada X X
Bahama Islands X X Guatemala X X
Bahrain X X Guinea X X
Bangladesh X X X Haiti X X
Belgium X X X Honduras X X
Belize X X Hong Kong X
Benin X X Hungary X X X X
Bermuda X X Iceland X X
Bolivia X X X India X X X X X
Bosnia-Herzegovina X Indonesia X X X X
Botswana X X Iran X X X X X
Brazil X X X Iraq X X
Brunei X X Ireland X X X
Bulgaria X X X X X Israel X X X X X X
Burma X X Italy X X X X X X
Burundi X X Ivory Coast X X X
Cameroon X X Jamaica X X X
Canada X X X X X Japan X X X X X X
Canal Zone X X Johnston Islands X X
Cape Verde X X Jordan X X X
Caroline Islands X X Kenya X X
Central African Republic X X Korea X X X
Chad X X Kuwait X X
Chile X X X X X X Kwajalein X
China X X X X X Laos X X
Colombia X X X X X X Lebanon X X
Congo X X Leeward Islands X X
Costa Rica X X X X X Lesotho X X
Croatia X X Liberia X X
Cuba X X X X Libya X X
Cyprus X X X Luxembourg X X
Czech Republic X X X Macedonia X
Denmark X X Malagasy Republic X X
Djibouti X Malawi X X
Dominican Republic X X X Malaysia X X X
Eastern Caribbean X X Mali X X

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 Country RSD SUP IHEE PEHA SDB UBC IBC Country RSD SUP IHEE PEHA SDB UBC IBC
Malta X X Tunisia X X X
Marcus Island X Turkey X X X X X X
Mariana Islands X X Uganda X X
Marshall Islands X X Ukraine X
Mauritania X X United Arab Emirates X X
Mauritius X X United Kingdom X X X
Mexico X X X X Upper Volta X X
Morocco X X Uruguay X X
Mozambique X X USA X X X X X X X
Nepal X X X X Venezuela X X X X X
Netherlands X X X Vietnam X X X
New Zealand X X X X X Wake Island X X
Nicaragua X X X Yemen Arab Republic X X
Niger X X Yugoslavia, Former X X X X
Nigeria X X X Zaire X X X
Norway X X X X Zambia X X
Oman X X Zimbabwe X X
Pakistan X X
Panama X X X RSD: Regulations for Seismic Design: A World List 1996 **
Papua New Guinea X X X SUP: Regulations for Seismic Design: Supplement 2000 **
Paraguay X X PEHA: Practice of Earthquake Hazard Assessment
Peru X X X X IHEE: International Handbook of Earthquake Engineering
Philippines X X X SDB: Seismic Design for Buildings
Poland X X X UBC: Uniform Building Code, 1997
Portugal X X X X IBC: International Building Code, 2003
Puerto Rico X X X
Quatar X X * Former USSR
Republic of Rwanda X X ** Includes Eurocode 8
Romania X X X X X
Russian Federation* X X X X X
Samoa X X
Saudi Arabia X X
Senegal X X
Seychelles X X
Sierra Leone X X
Singapore X X
Slovakia X
Slovenia X
Somalia X X
South Africa X X X
South Yemen X X
Spain X X X X X
Sri Lanka X X
Swaziland X X
Sweden X X
Switzerland X X X X
Syria X X
Taiwan X X X X
Tanzania X X
Thailand X X X X X
Togo X X
Trinidad & Tobago X X X

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