IntechOpen Book Series Earthquakes Volume 3

Dr. Walter Salazar is a structural civil engineer who obtained a doctoral degree in Engineering Seismology from the Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, in 2004. Dr. Salazar has been active in site-effects and seismic hazard research, producing several peer-reviewed maps for El Salvador, Jamaica, and the Eastern Caribbean. He has published sixty articles in peer-reviewed jour-

nals, books, and international conferences. In 2011, he received a Distinguished Salvadoran National Award. He is a peer reviewer for several scientific journals. Currently, Dr. Salazar is a Professor of Structural Engineering at the Catholic University of El Salvador.

**Editor of Volume 3: Walter Salazar, Ph.D.** Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Catholic University of El Salvador UNICAES, Santa Ana, El Salvador

**Book Series Editor:** Valentina Svalova Institute of Environmental Geoscience RAS, Russia
