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Earthquake
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Almiros, Greece 1980/08/11
Anza (Horse Cany) 1980/02/25 10:47
Aqaba 1995/11/22 04:18
Aqaba 1995/11/22 06:16
Baja California 1987/02/07 03:45
Big Bear 1992/06/28 15:06
Bishop (Rnd Val) 1984/11/23 19:12
Borah Peak, ID 1983/10/28 14:06
Borah Peak, ID 1983/10/29 23:29
Borrego 1942/10/21 16:22
Borrego Mtn 1968/04/09 02:30
Cape Mendocino 1992/04/25 18:06
Central Calif 1954/04/25 20:33
Central Calif 1960/01/20 03:26
Chalfant Valley 1986/07/20 14:29
Chalfant Valley 1986/07/21 14:42
Chalfant Valley 1986/07/21 14:51
Chalfant Valley 1986/07/31 07:22
ChiChi, Taiwan 1999/09/20
Coalinga 1983/05/02 23:42
Coalinga 1983/05/09 02:49
Coalinga 1983/06/11 03:09
Coalinga 1983/07/09 07:40
Coalinga 1983/07/22 02:39
Coalinga 1983/07/22 03:43
Coalinga 1983/07/25 22:31
Coalinga 1983/09/09 09:16
Corinth 1981/02/24 00:00
Coyote Lake 1979/08/06 17:05
Dinar 1995/10/01 15:57
Double Springs 1994/09/12 12:23
Drama, Greece 1985/11/09
Dursunbey, Turkey 1979/07/18 13:12
Duzce, Turkey 1999/11/12
Edesa, Greece 1984/07/09
El Alamo 1956/12/17 14:33
Erzincan, Turkey 1992/03/13
Friuli, Italy 1976/05/06 20:00
Friuli, Italy 1976/09/11 16:31
Friuli, Italy 1976/09/15 03:15
Gazli, USSR 1976/05/17
Georgia, USSR 1991/06/15 00:59
Griva, Greece 1990/12/21 06:58
Helena, Montana 1935/10/31 18:38
Helena, Montana 1935/10/31 19:18
Hollister 1961/04/09 07:23
Hollister 1961/04/09 07:25
Hollister 1974/11/28 23:01
Hollister 1986/01/26 19:20
Humbolt Bay 1937/02/07 04:42
Ierissos, Greece 1983/08/06
Imperial Valley 1938/06/06 02:42
Imperial Valley 1940/05/19 04:37
Imperial Valley 1951/01/24 07:17
Imperial Valley 1953/06/14 04:17
Imperial Valley 1955/12/17 06:07
Imperial Valley 1979/10/15 23:16
Imperial Valley 1979/10/15 23:19
Imperial Valley 1979/10/16 06:58
Irpinia, Italy 1980/11/23 19:34
Irpinia, Italy 1980/11/23 19:35
Irpinia, Italy 1981/01/16 01:37
Izmir, Turkey 1977/12/16 07:37
Kalamata, Greece 1986/09/13 17:25
Kalamata, Greece 1986/09/15 11:41
Kalamata, Greece 1986/09/15 11:41
Kalamata, Greece 1986/09/15 11:42
Kavala, Greece 1985/11/09
Kern County 1952/07/21 11:53
Kobe 1995/01/16 20:46
Kocaeli, Turkey 1999/08/17
Kozani 1995/05/13 08:47
Kozani 1995/05/15 04:14
Kozani 1995/05/17 04:14
Kozani 1995/05/19 06:48
Landers 1992/06/28 11:58
Lazio-Abruzzo 1984/05/07 17:50
Livermore 1980/01/24 19:00
Livermore 1980/01/27 02:33
Loma Prieta 1989/10/18 00:05
Lytle Creek 1970/09/12 14:30
Mammoth Lakes 1980/05/25 16:34
Mammoth Lakes 1980/05/25 16:49
Mammoth Lakes 1980/05/25 19:44
Mammoth Lakes 1980/05/25 20:35
Mammoth Lakes 1980/05/26 18:58
Mammoth Lakes 1980/05/27 14:51
Mammoth Lakes 1980/05/27 19:01
Mammoth Lakes 1980/05/31 15:16
Mammoth Lakes 1980/06/11 04:41
Mammoth Lakes 1983/01/07 01:38
Mammoth Lakes 1983/01/07 03:24
Managua, Nicaragua 1972/12/23 06:29
Managua, Nicaragua 1972/12/23 07:19
Morgan Hill 1984/04/24 21:15
Mt. Lewis 1986/03/31 11:55
N. Palm Springs 1986/07/08 09:20
Nahanni, Canada 1985/12/23
New Zealand 1984/03/05 02:07
New Zealand 1987/03/02 01:42
New Zealand 1987/03/02 01:51
New Zealand 1992/06/22 17:43
Norcia, Italy 1979/09/19 21:36
Northern Calif 1941/10/03 16:14
Northern Calif 1952/09/22 11:41
Northern Calif 1954/12/21 19:56
Northern Calif 1960/06/06 01:17
Northern Calif 1967/12/10 12:06
Northern Calif 1967/12/18 17:25
Northern Calif 1975/06/07 08:46
Northridge 1994/01/17 12:31
Northwest Calif 1938/09/12 06:10
Northwest Calif 1941/02/09 09:45
Northwest Calif 1951/10/08 04:11
Oroville 1975/08/01 20:20
Oroville 1975/08/02 20:22
Oroville 1975/08/02 20:59
Oroville 1975/08/08 07:00
Parkfield 1966/06/28 04:26
Pelekanada, Greece 1984/10/10
Point Mugu 1973/02/21 14:45
Roermond 1992/04/13 01:20
San Fernando 1971/02/09 14:00
San Francisco 1957/03/22 19:44
San Salvador 1986/10/10 17:49
Santa Barbara 1978/08/13
Southern Calif 1952/11/22 07:46
Spitak, Armenia 1988/12/07
Superstitn Hills(A) 1987/11/24 05:14
Superstitn Hills(B) 1987/11/24 13:16
Tabas, Iran 1978/09/16
Taiwan SMART1(25) 1983/09/21
Taiwan SMART1(33) 1985/06/12
Taiwan SMART1(40) 1986/05/20
Taiwan SMART1(45) 1986/11/14
Taiwan SMART1(5) 1981/01/29
Trinidad 1980/11/08 10:27
Trinidad offshore 1983/08/24 13:36
Veroia, Greece 1984/07/09
Victoria, Mexico 1980/06/09 03:28
Westmorland 1981/04/26 12:09
Whittier Narrows 1987/10/01 14:42
Whittier Narrows 1987/10/04 10:59
Mechanism
Any
Strike slip
Normal
Reverse normal
Reverse-oblique
Normal-oblique
Magnitude (Range)
-
ML
M
MS
Any
Distance (km)
-
Closest
Hypocentral
Projection of fault plane (JB distance)
Any
Site Classification
USGS
Any
A > 750 m/s
B 360 - 750 m/s
C 180 - 360 m/s
D < 180 m/s
(
Compare
to NEHRP classifications)
Geomatrix
Any
A Rock
B Shallow (stiff) soil
C Deep narrow soil
D Deep broad soil
E Soft deep soil
Taiwan CWB
Any
1 Hard site
2 Medium site
3 Soft soil site
Mapped Local Geology
Any
H Holocene (Recent) Quaternary (< 15000y bp)
Q Pleistocene Quaternary (< 2my bp)
P Pliocene Tertiary (< 6my bp)
M Miocene Tertiary (< 22my bp)
P Oligocene Tertiary (< 36my bp)
E Eocene Tertiary (< 58my bp)
L Paleocene Tertiary (< 58my bp)
K Cretaceous (< 145my bp)
F Franciscan Formation (Cretaceous/Late Jurassic)
J Jurassic (< 210my bp)
T Triassic (< 255my bp)
Z Permian or older (> 255my bp)
V Volcanic (extrusive)
I Intrusive
G Granitic
Instrument Housing
Any
I Free-field instrument or instrument shelter
A One-story, lightweight, instrument at lowest level
B Two- to four-story, lightweight, instrument at lowest level
C Two- to four-story, lightweight, instrument below ground
D Five+ story, heavy construction, instrument at lowest level
E Five+ story, heavy constuction, instrument below ground
F Structure housing instrument is below ground (eg. tunnel)
G Light or heavy construction, instrument not at lowest level
H Earth dam
Data Source
Any
ACOE Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
BYU Brigham Young University
CDMG California Division of Mines and Geology
CDOT California Department of Transportation
CDWR California Division of Water Resources
CEOR Committee of Earthquake Observation and Research (Japan)
CIT California Institute of Technology
CUE Conference on the Usage of Earthquakes (Japan)
CWB Central Weather Bureau (Taiwan)
DWP Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
ERD Earthquake Research Department (Turkey)
ITU Istanbul Technical University
KOERI Kandilli Observatory Earthquake Research Institute
LAFC Los Angeles Flood Control
LAMONT Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory
MWD Metropolitan Water District
SCE Southern California Edison
UCSC University of California Santa Cruz
UNAM Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
USBR US Bureau of Reclamation
USC University of Southern California
USGS United States Geological Survey
VA Department of Veterans Affairs
PGA (g)
-
Range 0.001 ... 2.086
PGV (cm/sec)
-
Range 0.1 ... 263.1
PGD (cm)
-
Range 0.01 ... 430.00
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Pseudo Acceleration (g)
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