Abstract
This study derives ground-motion prediction equations for the horizontal elastic response spectral acceleration for 5% damping for application to the Indian Himalayas. The present equations include a consideration of site category (rock/soil) and style-of-faulting (strike-slip/reverse). Due to a lack of near-field data from India, additional strong-motion data have been included from the Zagros region of Iran, which has comparable seismotectonics to the Himalayas (continental compression). A set of 201 records from 16 earthquakes were used within the regression. The derived model predicts similar ground motions to previously published equations for the Himalayan region but with lower standard deviations.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1191-1210 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Journal | Journal of Earthquake Engineering |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| Early online date | 6 Nov 2009 |
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| Publication status | Published - Dec 2009 |
Keywords
- ground-motion prediction equations
- Himalayas
- India
- Iran
- strong-motion data