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Taking advantage of a large soil data base established during the microzoning studies recently carried out for five largest urban areas of Albania, an attempt has been made to review the site-dependent response spectra parameters adopted in the current Albanian seismic design code (KTP-N.2-89), providing thus a basis for its harmonization with Eurocode 8. In absence of recorded strong ground motions...