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The city of Tabriz, located in Northwestern Iran, is one of the seismo-tectonically active regions of Iran. Historical earthquake sequences of this area show that the recurrence interval of earthquakes with M>6 can be estimated equal to 250 years (while some larger earthquakes with M>7 have been reported in the literature). Based on this knowledge, the occurrence of a large earthquake in the city of Tabriz is expected for upcoming decades. Therefore, evaluating the potential of liquefaction (as one of the significant hazards induced by earthquakes) and providing an appropriate hazard zonation map for this city is necessary for pre-crisis management. To this aim, different methods are applied to assess the potential of liquefaction in the study area and a comparison between their results is presented in this paper. Methods based on the standard penetration test and fully coupled finite element site response modeling are employed to investigate the potential of liquefaction. In this study, it has been shown that some populated areas of the studied city have been built in liquefiable regions and therefore necessary measures should be taken by city authorities for these regions.