This work is financially supported by the King Abdulaziz University (KAU) as a part of cooperation project between KAU and the University of Auckland “VORiSA Project”, from which the data for this work were obtained. We are thankful to the staff members of the Geohazard Research Center (GRC) at KAU, particularly Mohammed R.H. Moufti, Essam Aboud and Nabil El-Masry, for scientific support. Appreciations go to the anonymous reviewers for their suggestions and comments regarding the manuscript. Special appreciation goes to Managing Editor and Technical Editorial Advisor for their valuable comments and advice.