Ground motions observed during the 15 August 2007 Pisco, Peru, earthquake

Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-111

  Tavera, Hernando ^a   Bernal, Isabel ^a   Strasser, Fleur O ^b   Arango Gaviria, Maria C ^b   Alarcón, John E ^c   Bommer, Julian J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO GEOFÍSICO DEL PERÚ   (Peru)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ARUP   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Duration; Ground motion prediction; Peru Chile Trench; Pisco earthquake; Source complexity; Subduction ground motions

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; SEISMOLOGY;

DURATION; GROUND-MOTION PREDICTION; PERU-CHILE TRENCH; PISCO EARTHQUAKE; SOURCE COMPLEXITY; SUBDUCTION GROUND-MOTIONS;

EQUATIONS OF MOTION;

ASPERITY; CONSTRUCTION METHOD; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; GROUND MOTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; PERU EARTHQUAKE 2007; SUBDUCTION;

ICA; PERU; PISCO; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 58849151129     PISSN: 1570761X     EISSN: 15731456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-008-9083-4     Document Type: Article

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