NGA-West2 equations for predicting PGA, PGV, and 5% damped PSA for shallow crustal earthquakes

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1057-1085

  Boore, David M ^a   Stewart, Jonathan P ^b   Seyhan, Emel ^c   Atkinson, Gail M ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Risk Management Solutions Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; MOTION ESTIMATION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

ACTIVE TECTONICS; ALEATORY VARIABILITY; CRUSTAL EARTHQUAKES; GLOBAL DATABASE; GROUND-MOTION PREDICTION EQUATIONS; INTENSITY MEASURE; RESIDUALS ANALYSIS; STANDARD DEVIATION;

EQUATIONS OF MOTION;

CRUSTAL MOVEMENT; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EQUATION; GROUND MOTION; PEAK ACCELERATION;

EID: 84903759515     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: 19448201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/070113EQS184M     Document Type: Article

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