S31C:
Seismology Contributions: Earthquake Ground Motions and Engineering Seismology I Posters

Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Chairs:  Victor C Tsai, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States and Carl Tape, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
Primary Conveners:  Victor C Tsai, Caltech-Seismological Lab, Pasadena, CA, United States
Co-conveners:  Carl Tape, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Victor C Tsai, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

4406
 
Single-Path Sigma and Spatial Correlation of Gmpe Residuals Deduced from a Huge Dataset in Taiwan
Chih Hsuan Sung, Chyi-Tyi Lee and jia Cian Gao, NCU National Central University of Taiwan, Graduate institute of applied geological, Jhongli, Taiwan
4407
 
Comparisons of Low-Strain Amplification at Soft-Sediment, Hard-Rock, Topographic, and Fault-Zone Sites in the Hayward Fault Zone, California
Rufus Catchings1, Luther M Strayer2 and Mark Goldman1, (1)USGS, Earthquake Science Center, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (2)California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA, United States
4408
 
Long-Period Surface Motion of the Multi-Patch Mw9.0 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake
Panos Psimoulis1, Nicolas Houlie2, Clotaire Michel2, Michael Meindl2 and Markus Rothacher2, (1)University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, (2)ETHZ, Zurich, Switzerland
4409
 
Distributed Slip Model for Simulating Virtual Earthquakes
Shahar Shani-Kadmiel1,2, Michael Tsesarsky1,3 and Zohar Gvirtzman2, (1)Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Geological and Environmental Sciences, Beer Sheva, Israel, (2)Geological Survey of Israel, Jerusalem, Israel, (3)Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Structural Engineering, Beer Sheva, Israel
4410
 
Preliminary ground motion prediction equations for the Central and Eastern United States
Vladimir Graizer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Rockville, MD, United States
4411
 
Seismic source models for probabilistic hazard analysis of Georgia (Southern Caucasus)
Zurab Javakhishvili, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia, Tea Godoladze, Ilia State Univeristy, Tbilisi, Georgia, Erekle Gamkrelidze, A. Janelidze Institute of Geology, Tbilisi, Georgia and Giorgi Sokhadze, Ilia State University, Geodesy, Tbilisi, Georgia
4412
 
Extension of Characterized Source Model for Broadband Strong Ground Motion Simulations (0.1-50s) of M9 Earthquake
Kimiyuki Asano, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan and Tomotaka Iwata, Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan
4413
 
Evaluation of P- and S- Wave Velocities at CGS Geotechnical Arrays Using Wave Propagation Analysis of Strong Ground-Motion Records
Hamid R Haddadi, Anthony F Shakal and Lijam Z Hagos, California Geological Survey, Sacramento, CA, United States
4414
 
On the Use and Misuse of “kappa” in the Stochastic Simulation of Ground Motion: Example Applications Using the EUROSEISTEST Database Records
Zafeiria Roumelioti1, Olga Joan Ktenidou2, Kyriazis Pitilakis1 and Fabrice Cotton3, (1)Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Civil Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece, (2)ISTerre Institute of Earth Sciences, Saint Martin d'Hères, France, (3)Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany
4415
 
Development of ground motion prediction equations using median distance
Hongjun Si, Kazuki Koketsu and Hiroe Miyake, Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
4416
 
The Disadvantage to the Rural Population in Earthquake Disasters
Max Wyss, International Center for Earth Simulation, Geneva, Switzerland
4417
 
Re-examination on the 1891 M8.0 Nobi Earthquake, Japan: Collspse rate distributions in cities, towns and villages
Fumiaki Kimata, ADEP, Mizunami, Japan and Nobunao Matta, Okayama University, Okayama, Okayama, Japan
4418
 
Scattering of In-Plane Waves by Elastic Wedges
Kami Mohammadi, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Atlanta, GA, United States, Domniki Asimaki, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States and Larissa Fradkin, London South Bank University, London, United Kingdom; Sound Mathematics Ltd., Cambridge, United Kingdom
4419
 
Visualization of Green's Function Anomalies for Megathrust Source in Nankai Trough by Reciprocity Method
Anatoly Petukhin1, Ken Miyakoshi1, Masato Tsurugi1, Hiroshi Kawase2 and Katsuhiro Kamae2, (1)Geo-Research Institute, Osaka, Japan, (2)Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
4420
 
Standardization of Seismic Microzonification and Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Study Considering Site Effect for Metropolitan Areas in the State of Veracruz
Gilbert Francisco Torres Morales1, Miguel Leonardo Suárez2, Raymundo Dávalos Sotelo3, Saúl Castillo Aguilar4 and Ignacio Mora González1, (1)University of Veracruz, Centre for Earth Science, Veracruz, Mexico, (2)UNAM National Autonomous University of Mexico, Instituto de Ingeniería, Mexico City, Mexico, (3)Instituto de Ecología, Researcher Forest Products Department, Xalapa, Mexico, (4)University of Veracruz, Department of Civil Engineering, Veracruz, Mexico
4421
 
Effects of Accretionary Prisms on 3-D Long-Period Ground Motion Simulations
Yujia Guo, Kazuki Koketsu and Hiroe Miyake, Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
4422
 
Distance-dependent Ground motion variability from source models of the 1992 Landers earthquake and synthetic rupture models.
Jagdish Chandra Vyas, Paul Martin Mai and Martin Galis, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
4423
 
Development of Response Spectral Ground Motion Prediction Equations from Empirical Models for Fourier Spectra and Duration of Ground Motion
Sanjay Singh Bora, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, Frank Scherbaum, University of Potsdam, Institute of Earth and Environmental Science, Potsdam, Germany, Nicolas Martin Kuehn, University of California, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, Berkeley, CA, United States, Peter Stafford, Imperial College London, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, London, United Kingdom and Ben Edwards, ETH Zürich, Swiss Seismological Service, Zürich, Switzerland
4424
 
The SCEC Broadband Platform: A Collaborative Open-Source Software Package for Strong Ground Motion Simulation and Validation
Fabio Silva1, Philip J Maechling1, Christine Goulet2, Paul Somerville3 and Thomas H Jordan1, (1)Southern California Earthquake Center, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)Pacific Earthquake Engineering Center, Berkeley, CA, United States, (3)URS Corporation Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
4425
 
Seismogeodetic Monitoring of Structural Deformation during Shaketable Experiments
Jennifer Susan Haase1, Jessie K Saunders2, Jianghui Geng3, Yehuda Bock4, Dara Goldberg2, Diego Melgar2, Jose I Restrepo5, Arpit Nema5, Robert B Fleischman6, Zhi Zhang6, D G Offield2 and Melinda B Squibb2, (1)UCSD, La Jolla, CA, United States, (2)Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, United States, (3)University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States, (4)UCSD/IGPP 0225, La Jolla, CA, United States, (5)University of California San Diego, Jacobs School of Engineering, La Jolla, CA, United States, (6)University of Arizona, Department of Civil Engineering and engineering Mechanics, Tucson, AZ, United States
4426
 
Simulation of High-Frequency Ground Motion Based on the Relationships Between Low- and High-Frequency Acceleration Envelopes
Asako Iwaki, Hiroyuki Fujiwara and Shin Aoi, NIED National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Tsukuba, Japan
4427
 
Imaging Ground Motions in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area Based on MeSO-net: Azimuth Verification for Seismometers and Transfer Function Estimation for Site Effects
Masayuki Kano1, Hiromichi Nagao1, Katsuhiko Shiomi2, Shin'ichi Sakai1, Shigeki Nakagawa1, Sadanobu Mizusako1, Muneo Hori1 and Naoshi Hirata1, (1)Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, (2)NIED National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Tsukuba, Japan
4428
 
An empirical equation of effective shaking duration for moderate to large earthquakes
Ya-Ting Lee1, Kuo-Fong Ma1, Yu-Ju Wang2 and Kuo-Liang Wen3, (1)NCU National Central University of Taiwan, Jhongli, Taiwan, (2)Academia Sinica, Jhongli City, Taoyuan County, Taiwan, (3)Inst Geophysics, Jungli, Taoyuan, Taiwan
4429
 
Earthquake Response Analysis of Buildings at The Union Territory of Chandigarh, India, by using Building Vibration Observations due to Weak Earthquake Ground Motions
Kiyoshi Takano1, Takamori Ito2, Tetsu Masuda1, Kazuki Koketsu1, Pradeep Kumar Ramancharla3, Raju Sangam3, Narender Bodige3 and Hima Chandan Dasari3, (1)University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan, (2)Keio University, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Fujisawa-shi, Kanagawa, Japan, (3)International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, India
4430
 
Effect of the Wavelet Scale Thresholding on the Geonet P-Phase Picker Performance for the borehole and surface stations URZ and EDRZ using the Matata Swarms of 2007-2010
Sepideh J Rastin1, Charles P Unsworth1 and Ken R Gledhill2, (1)University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, (2)GNS Science, Wellington, New Zealand
4431
 
Using ShakeMap to Improve Awareness of Seismic Hazard and Risk in Alaska
Matt Gardine, Michael Edwin West and Natasha Ruppert, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK, United States
4432
 
Finite Element Simulation of Earthquakes with Coupling Tsunamis in Large Domains — A Case Study of the 2011 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake and Tsunami
Haydar Karaoglu, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, Paris, France and Jacobo Bielak, Carnegie Mellon University, CEE, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
4433
 
High-Complexity Deterministic Q(f) Simulation of the 1994 Northridge Mw 6.7 Earthquake
Kyle Withers1, Kim Bak Olsen2, Zheqiang Shi1 and Steven M Day1, (1)San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States, (2)San Diego State Univ, San Diego, CA, United States
4434
 
COHERENCE AND VARIABILITY OF GROUND MOTION OVER 600 m OF THE NONVOLCANIC TREMOR ARRAY SITE AT MOORING, TN
Md Monsurul Huda and Charles A Langston, Center for Earthquake Research and Information, Memphis, TN, United States
4435
 
Long-Period Ground Motion Prediction Equations for Relative, Pseudo-Relative and Absolute Velocity Response Spectra in Japan
Yadab P Dhakal1, Takashi Kunugi2, Wataru Suzuki1 and Shin Aoi1, (1)NIED National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Tsukuba, Japan, (2)NIED, Tsukuba, Japan
4436
 
PSHA for Strong Ground-Motion Hazards in Marmara Region, Turkey with Physically-based Ground Motion Prediction Methodology
Aydin Mert, Kandilli Observatory, Istanbul, Turkey, Yasin Fahjan, Gebze Institute of Technology, Kocaeli, Turkey and Lawrence J Hutchings, LBNL-Earth Sciences, Berkeley, CA, United States
4437
 
Determination of the Attenuation Equation of Strong Motion in the Michoacán State
Ricardo Vazquez Rosas, Jorge Aguirre and Leonardo Ramirez-Guzman, UNAM National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
4438
 
Simulation-Based Hazard Assessment for Long-Period Ground Motions of the Nankai Trough Megathrust Earthquake
Takahiro Maeda1, Nobuyuki Morikawa1, Asako Iwaki1, Shin Aoi1 and Hiroyuki Fujiwara2, (1)NIED National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Tsukuba, Japan, (2)Natl Res Inst Earth Science, Tsukuba Ibaraki, Japan
4439
 
Microzonation of Seismic Hazard Potential in Southwestern Taiwan
Kun-Sung Liu, Kao Yuan University, Department of Civil Engineering & Hazard Mitigation Research Center, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
4440
 
Simulation of Source Functions in Taiwan Area
Kuang-Jung Chen, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan
4441
 
Physics-Based Long-Period Ground Motion Scenarios in and Around the Po Plain Sedimentary Basin (Northern Italy)
Irene Molinari, Andrea Morelli and Emanuele Casarotti, National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology, Rome, Italy
4442
 
Damage and Site Effects of the May 2012 Emilia-Romagna and Lombardia Earthquake, with Particular Reference to the “Oltrepò Mantovano” (Mantua) Territory
Rosastella Daminelli, Alberto Marcellini and Alberto Tento, CNR Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes, Milan, Italy
4443
 
Strong Ground Motion Simulation of the 2008 MS 8.0 Wenchuan, China, Earthquake
Wenbo Zhang, Xiaodong Yao and Xiangwei Yu, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
4444
 
Considering both aleatory variability and epistemic variability in probabilistic seismic hazard analysis
Jia Cian Gao and Chyi-Tyi Lee, NCU National Central University of Taiwan, Jhongli, Taiwan
4445
 
Sensitivity of Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Obtained by Algorithmic Differentiation
Christian Molkenthin1, Frank Scherbaum1, Andreas Griewank2, Nicolas Martin Kuehn3, Peter Stafford4 and Hernan Leövey2, (1)University of Potsdam, Institute of Earth and Environmental Science, Potsdam, Germany, (2)Humboldt University of Berlin, Department of Mathematics, Berlin, Germany, (3)University of California, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, Berkeley, CA, United States, (4)Imperial College London, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, London, United Kingdom
 
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