Characteristics of the strong ground motions from the 6 April 2009 L'Aquila earthquake, Italy

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 320-335

  Akinci, Aybige ^a   Malagnini, Luca ^a   Sabetta, Fabio ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b DIPARTIMENTO DELLA PROTEZIONE CIVILE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acceleration response spectra; Directivity effect; Italy; L'Aquila earthquake; Site effects; Strong ground motions

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION RESPONSE; CENTRAL ITALY; DAMPING RATIO; DESIGN SPECTRUM; DIGITAL RECORDING; DIRECTIVITY EFFECT; EPICENTRAL AREA; GROUND MOTIONS; H/V SPECTRAL RATIO; LOCAL TIME; LOSS OF LIFE; MAIN EVENT; MAIN SHOCK; NORMAL FAULTS; NOVEL METHODS; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION; PEAK GROUND VELOCITY; SEISMIC SEQUENCE; SITE EFFECTS; SITE RESPONSE; SITE-SPECIFIC; STRONG GROUND MOTION; STRONG MOTION;

ACCELERATION; BUILDING CODES; EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE; SEISMIC WAVES;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; BUILDING CODE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; GROUND MOTION; PEAK ACCELERATION; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SITE EFFECT; STRONG MOTION; TECTONIC SETTING;

ABRUZZI; ITALY; L'AQUILA;

AQUILA;

EID: 76949084625     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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