Intro; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Seismicity Analysis; 1 Earthquake Hazard Modelling and Forecasting for Disaster Risk Reduction; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Lithospheric Dynamics, Tectonic Stresses and Earthquakes; 3 Quantitative Earthquake Simulations; 4 Earthquake Hazard Analysis; 5 Forecasting Seismic Hazard Events; 6 Conclusion; Acknowledgements; References; 2 Catalogue of Earthquake Mechanism and Correlation with the Most Active Seismic Zones in South-Eastern Part of Romania; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Seismicity Distribution; 2.1 Fault Plane Solutions

2.2 Statistical Analysis3 Discussion of the Results in the Main Seismogenic Areas; 3.1 Vrancea Subcrustal Source-VNI; 3.2 Eastern Moesian Platform Seismogenic Zone-MO; 3.3 Pre-dobrogean Depression and Bârlad Depressions-PD-BD; 3.4 Făgăraş-Câmpulung Seismogenic Zone-FC; 4 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 3 The Space-Time Distribution of Moderate- and Large-Magnitude Vrancea Earthquakes Fits Numerically-Predicted Stress Patterns; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Data Processing; 3 Particular Patterns Associated to the "Lowermost Group" Seismic Activity; 4 Conclusions; Acknowledgements

3 Maps with Maxim Macroseismic Intensities Observed Along Time in Romania4 Concluding Remarks; Acknowledgements; References; 8 Presignal Signature of Radon (Rn222) for Seismic Events; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Geological Background and Seismicity of Vrancea Region; 3 Materials and Methods; 4 Results; 4.1 Seismicity; 4.2 Radon (Rn222) in Air Near the Ground Concentration Variability; 5 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; 9 Abnormal Animal Behavior Prior to the Vrancea (Romania) Major Subcrustal Earthquakes; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Vrancea Subcrustal Earthquakes