Algeria is one of the countries that have experienced several strong to moderate earthquakesduring the last three decades. These earthquakes have caused considerable damages especially in the urban areas close to the epicentres. These damages can be reduced in urban areas prone to earthquakes if we proceed to estimate the seismic risk in sufficient time in order to take adequate preventive measures. In this paper is presented a seismic damage loss estimation methodology of buildings in Algeria based on the "Capacity Spectrum Method" using HAZUS(Hazard-United States) capacity and fragility curves adapted to the Algerian built context. This methodology gives an estimation of the seismic damage probabilities. A data-processing code was developed for this purpose to analyse the whole data and damage assessment. This methodology was validated with the observed damages induced by the May 21st,2003 Boumerdès earthquake.
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