Comparison of the Ground-Motion Attenuation Relationship Between the Wenchuan, China, Area and the Central and Eastern United States

Authors

Jiwei Feng, University of Kentucky
Zhenming Wang, University of KentuckyFollow
Edward W. Woolery, University of KentuckyFollow
Shanyou Li, Institute of Engineering Mechanics, China Earthquake Administration

Abstract

An M_w-7.9 earthquake occurred in Wenchuan, China, in 2008, along the Longmenshan Fault, which is located on the western border of the South China stable continental region. A detailed comparison of the Wenchuan ground-motion attenuation relationships with the relationships for the central and eastern United States (also a stable continental region) showed that the ground-motion prediction equation for the Wenchuan area is similar to those for the central and eastern United States. Thus, the strong-motion records from the Wenchuan earthquake can be used for constraining the ground-motion prediction equation and engineering analysis for the central and eastern United States.

Publication Date

2015

Series

Series XII

Report Number

Report of Investigations 28

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.13023/kgs.ri28.12

Repository Citation

Feng, Jiwei; Wang, Zhenming; Woolery, Edward W.; and Li, Shanyou, "Comparison of the Ground-Motion Attenuation Relationship Between the Wenchuan, China, Area and the Central and Eastern United States" (2015). Report of Investigations--KGS. 30.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/kgs_ri/30