Modeling of the strong ground motion of 25th April 2015 Nepal earthquake using modified semi-empirical technique     

Sohan Lal  A. Joshi  Sandeep  Monu Tomer  Parveen Kumar  Chun-Hsiang Kuo  Che-Min Lin  Kuo-Liang Wen  M. L. Sharma 《Acta Geophysica》2018,66(4):461-477

On 25th April, 2015 a hazardous earthquake of moment magnitude 7.9 occurred in Nepal. Accelerographs were used to record the Nepal earthquake which is installed in the Kumaon region in the Himalayan state of Uttrakhand. The distance of the recorded stations in the Kumaon region from the epicenter of the earthquake is about 420–515 km. Modified semi-empirical technique of modeling finite faults has been used in this paper to simulate strong earthquake at these stations. Source parameters of the Nepal aftershock have been also calculated using the Brune model in the present study which are used in the modeling of the Nepal main shock. The obtained value of the seismic moment and stress drop is 8.26 × 10²⁵ dyn cm and 10.48 bar, respectively, for the aftershock from the Brune model .The simulated earthquake time series were compared with the observed records of the earthquake. The comparison of full waveform and its response spectra has been made to finalize the rupture parameters and its location. The rupture of the earthquake was propagated in the NE–SW direction from the hypocenter with the rupture velocity 3.0 km/s from a distance of 80 km from Kathmandu in NW direction at a depth of 12 km as per compared results.  相似文献   

Simulation of the records of the 27 March 2013 Nantou Taiwan earthquake using modified semi-empirical approach     

A. Joshi  Chun-Hsiang Kuo  Piu Dhibar  Sandeep  M. L. Sharma  Kuo-Liang Wen  Che-Min Lin 《Natural Hazards》2015,78(2):995-1020

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Evaluating empirical regression equations for Vs and estimating Vs30 in northeastern Taiwan     

Chun-Hsiang Kuo  Kuo-Liang Wen  Hung-Hao Hsieh  Tao-Ming Chang  Che-Min Lin  Chun-Te Chen 《Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering》2011

The shear wave velocity of shallow sediments is very important in seismic wave amplification and thus Vs30 is a well-known parameter for site classification. Based on the relationship between Vs and soil indexes, the empirical regression equations were evaluated using more than 600 data sets from the Ilan area and the Taipei Basin. Multivariable analysis, which can increase the accuracy of regression equations, was used in this study. Three extrapolations were compared, and then the most accurate bottom-constant extrapolation was adopted to estimate Vs30 at 16 boreholes, none of which reached a depth of 30 m. Ultimately Vs30 was derived for 110 free-field strong motion stations, and the stations in northeastern Taiwan were reclassified according to the Vs30-based NEHRP provisions. Regression equations of Vs and the extrapolation of Vs30 were also applied to boreholes with only N-values and corresponding depths of less than 30 m for assessing the Vs30 and NEHRP class.  相似文献   

An assessment of uncertainties in VS profiles obtained from microtremor observations in the phased 2018 COSMOS blind trials     

Asten  Michael W.  Yong  Alan  Foti  Sebastiano  Hayashi  Koichi  Martin  Antony J.  Stephenson  William J.  Cassidy  John F.  Coleman  Jacie  Nigbor  Robert  Castellaro  Silvia  Chimoto  Kosuke  Cornou  Cécile  Cho  Ikuo  Hayashida  Takumi  Hobiger  Manuel  Kuo  Chun-Hsiang  Macau  Albert  Mercerat  E. Diego  Molnar  Sheri  Pananont  Passakorn  Pilz  Marco  Poovarodom  Nakhorn  Sáez  Esteban  Wathelet  Marc  Yamanaka  Hiroaki  Yokoi  Toshiaki  Zhao  Don 《Journal of Seismology》2022,26(4):757-780

Journal of Seismology - Site response is a critical consideration when assessing earthquake hazards. Site characterization is key to understanding site effects as influenced by seismic site...  相似文献   

Comparison of three different methods in investigating shallow shear-wave velocity structures in Ilan,Taiwan     

Chun-Hsiang Kuo  Ding-Shing Cheng  Hung-Hao Hsieh  Tao-Ming Chang  Hsien-Jen Chiang  Che-Min Lin  Kuo-Liang Wen 《Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering》2009

The Central Weather Bureau (CWB) and National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering (NCREE) launched a project to build an engineering geological database for strong-motion stations in Taiwan in 2000. The project measures shear-wave velocity using the suspension PS-logging method. In this study, we conduct array measurements of microtremors and apply the stress wave propagation method (SWPM) at seven free-field strong-motion stations in Ilan County to estimate shallow shear-wave velocity structures. We focus on the sediment layers of the top 100 m to compare the shear-wave velocity structures of the three different methods. There are some misfits among the results of the three different methods; so we calculate the values of Vs₃₀, Vs₁₀₀ and plot S-wave travel-time curves of these methods for each site to analyze the misfits effectively. This analysis helped us to prove the efficiency of the microtremor array method in investigating shear-wave velocity structures in the shallow subsurface. Moreover, the horizontal-to-vertical ratios of microtremors for each survey point show the existence of divergence at the same site. We considered this as evidence that misfits are caused by the heterogeneous nature of sediments and also due to the nature of the methods as being one-, two- and three-dimensional. Furthermore, the average shear-wave velocity structure of microtremor arrays may be more representative of the whole site.  相似文献