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The definitions of the risk factors due to a possible earthquake on the settlement area are useful for decreasing hazard of a potential earthquake and essential for preparing the management plans by the local municipalit ies and government. Soil amplification, vulnerability of buildings, natural period of soils and liquefaction are the main risk factors of a possible earthquake. On the othe r hand, before definitions of these risk factors, the distribution of the soil classe s should be determined. By the way, the...