STOCHASTIC PREDICTION OF GROUND MOTION AND SPECTRAL RESPONSE PARAMETERS AT HARD-ROCK SITES IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA

作者：David M. Boore, Gail M. Atkinson · 发表于：Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America · 年份：1987 · DOI：10.1785/bssa0770020440 · 被引用次数：322 · 研究领域：Seismic Performance and Analysis、Seismic Waves and Analysis、Structural Health Monitoring Techniques

Empirical predictions of ground motions from large eastern North American earthquakes are hampered by a lack of data for such events. For this reason, most prediction techniques have been based, at least in part, on data from the seismically active and well-instrumented western North America. Concentrating on the prediction of response spectra on hard-rock sites, we have used a relatively new, theoretical technique that does not require western data to make ground motion predictions for eastern North America. This method, often referred to as the stochastic model, has its origins in the work of Hanks and McGuire, who treat high-frequency motions as filtered random Gaussian noise, for which the filter parameters are determined by a seismological model of both the source and the wave propagation. The model has been successfully applied to the predictions of ground motions in the Western United States and to short-period magnitudes from large to great earthquakes worldwide. For our application, the essential parameters of the model are estimated by using existing data from small to moderate eastern North American earthquakes. A crucial part of the model is the relation between seismic moment and corner frequency. The relation proposed in 1983 by Nuttli for mid-plate earthquakes leads to predictions of ground motions that are lower than available data by a factor of about 4. On the other hand, a constant stress parameter of 100 bars gives model predictions in good accord with the...