Strong motion PGA prediction for southwestern China from small earthquake  records

Tao, Zhengru; Tao, Xiaxin; Cui, Anping

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-1145-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-1145-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-16-1145-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 5

Research article

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20 May 2016

Research article |

| 20 May 2016

Strong motion PGA prediction for southwestern China from small earthquake records

Zhengru Tao, Xiaxin Tao, and Anping Cui

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Final revised paper (published on 20 May 2016)
Preprint (discussion started on 04 Sep 2015)

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SC C1813: 'review of Tao et al', David Boore, 24 Sep 2015
- AC C2741: 'Reply to C1813', Zhengru Tao, 21 Dec 2015
RC C1874: 'Paper: NHESSD 3, 5297–5323 (Submitted on 04 Sep 2015)', Gaetano De Luca, 01 Oct 2015
- AC C2742: 'Reply to C1874', Zhengru Tao, 21 Dec 2015

Short summary

For regions with few strong motion records, a seismology-based method is developed to predict PGAs with parameters from small earthquake data, recorded by regional monitoring networks, for Sichuan and Yunnan regions, China. The results are compared with limited strong motion data. Most fit well, except the case of Mw7.0 in Sichuan, since there are no observed data from larger events. The parameters are adopted in strong motion synthesis at two near-fault stations during the Wenchuan Earthquake.