Ground-motion attenuation relationship for the Sumatran megathrust earthquakes

Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 827-845

  Megawati, Kusnowidjaja ^a,b   Pan, Tso Chien ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Giant earthquakes; Mentawai; Seismic hazard; Singapore; Subduction; Sumatra

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; HAZARDS; KINEMATICS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACTIVE SEISMIC; FAULT KINEMATICS; GROUND MOTIONS; GROUND-MOTION ATTENUATIONS; HARD ROCKS; KEY COMPONENT; MEGATHRUST EARTHQUAKES; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION; PEAK GROUND VELOCITY; PERIOD COMPONENT; PREDOMINANT PERIOD; REGION OF INTEREST; REMOTE SITES; RESPONSE SPECTRA; RESPONSE SPECTRAL ACCELERATION; SEISMIC CODE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SINGAPORE; SITE CONDITIONS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPECTRAL SHAPES; SUBDUCTION EARTHQUAKES; SUMATRA; SYNTHETIC SEISMOGRAM;

SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GROUND MOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PEAK ACCELERATION; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRONG MOTION; SUBDUCTION;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDONESIA; MENTAWAI ISLANDS; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES; WEST SUMATRA;

EID: 77954572749     PISSN: 00988847     EISSN: 10969845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.967     Document Type: Article

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