National audienceDynamic parameters of buildings in Beirut (Lebanon) were investigated based on ambient vibration method for the risk and vulnerability assessment. Indeed the country is threatened by a high seismic hazard due to its location near major faults, combined to a high seismic risk caused by urban, economic and political chaos in addition to the lack of implementing a seismic design code (introduced recently in 2005). Researchers do not miss any opportunity to trigger the alarm and increase studies in the seismic field to reduce this risk. For this study, 330 RC buildings were measured, dynamic parameters extracted and a statistical analysis performed to identify correlations with geometrical characteristics. The regressions show ...