NGA-West2 database

TD Ancheta, RB Darragh, JP Stewart… - Earthquake …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
The NGA-West2 project database expands on its predecessor to include worldwide ground
motion data recorded from shallow crustal earthquakes in active tectonic regimes post-2000 …

New empirical earthquake source‐scaling laws

KKS Thingbaijam, PM Mai… - Bulletin of the …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We develop new empirical scaling laws for rupture width W⁠, rupture length L⁠, rupture
area A⁠, and average slip D⁠, based on a large database of rupture models. The database …

A new classification of earthquake-induced landslide event sizes based on seismotectonic, topographic, climatic and geologic factors

HB Havenith, A Torgoev, A Braun, R Schlögel… - Geoenvironmental …, 2016 - Springer
Background This paper reviews the classical and some particular factors contributing to
earthquake-triggered landslide activity. This analysis should help predict more accurately …

Rupture history of the 2009 L'Aquila (Italy) earthquake from non‐linear joint inversion of strong motion and GPS data

A Cirella, A Piatanesi, M Cocco, E Tinti… - Geophysical …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
We image the rupture history of the 2009 L'Aquila (central Italy) earthquake using a
nonlinear joint inversion of strong motion and GPS data. This earthquake ruptured a normal …

Probabilistic hazard for seismically induced tsunamis: accuracy and feasibility of inundation maps

S Lorito, J Selva, R Basili, F Romano… - Geophysical Journal …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Probabilistic tsunami hazard analysis (PTHA) relies on computationally demanding
numerical simulations of tsunami generation, propagation, and non-linear inundation on …

An updated database for ground motion parameters for KiK-net records

M Bahrampouri, A Rodriguez-Marek… - Earthquake …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
This article presents a database of ground motions parameters for earthquakes recorded in
Japan by the Kiban Kyoshin network (KiK-net). The database includes all earthquakes in the …

On the scale dependence of earthquake stress drop

M Cocco, E Tinti, A Cirella - Journal of Seismology, 2016 - Springer
We discuss the debated issue of scale dependence in earthquake source mechanics with
the goal of providing supporting evidence to foster the adoption of a coherent interpretative …

On the relation of earthquake stress drop and ground motion variability

A Oth, H Miyake, D Bindi - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
One of the key parameters for earthquake source physics is stress drop since it can be
directly linked to the spectral level of ground motion. Stress drop estimates from moment …

Complexity of the rupture process during the 2009 L'Aquila, Italy, earthquake

A Cirella, A Piatanesi, E Tinti, M Chini… - Geophysical Journal …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
In this study, we investigate the rupture history of the 2009 April 6 (M w 6.1) L'Aquila normal
faulting earthquake by using a non-linear inversion of strong motion, GPS and DInSAR data …

Fast determination of moment tensors and rupture history: What has been learned from the 6 April 2009 L'Aquila earthquake sequence

L Scognamiglio, E Tinti, A Michelini… - Seismological …, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
On 6 April 2009, a magnitude Mw= 6.1 earthquake struck the Abruzzi region in central Italy.
Despite its moderate size, the earthquake caused more than 300 fatalities and partially …