Abstract: “In this paper the seismic risk of conventional seven-story reinforced-concrete frame-wall building to near-field strong ground motions records is presented. The purpose of this investigation is to establish the effect of magnitude, directivity and distance to the fault on the seismic risk of a sample of buildings, designed according to the up to date seismic codes available in their region. As a first step, the fragility curves, associated with the different limit states regarding the response of the examined buildings, are estimated, following the methodology incorporated in the HAZUS procedure for individual structures. A large sample of ground motion time histories, effectively representing the seismic events for which near field records are available, is used as input motion for the selected buildings. The records examined adequately represent the diversification regarding the referred seismological characteristics that affect the strong ground motion. Subsequently, the response of”

Keywords: INVESTIGATION, EFFECT , SEISMOLOGICAL, PARAMETERS , RISK ESTIMATION