PEER Reports

PEER has just published Report No. 2014/09 titled “PEER Arizona Strong-Motion Database and GMPEs Evaluation” as a new addition to the PEER Report Series. It was authored by Tadahiro Kishida, Robert E. Kayen, Olga-Joan Ktenidou, Walter J. Silva, Robert B. Darragh, and Jennie Watson-Lamprey.

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Abstract:
This report summarizes the products and results of a study on the collection, processing, and analysis of earthquake ground-...

PEER has just published Report No. 2014/11 titled “Reference-Rock Site Conditions for Central and Eastern North America: Part I – Velocity Definition” as a new addition to the PEER Report Series. It was authored by Youssef M.A. Hashash, Albert R. Kottke, Jonathan P. Stewart, Kenneth W. Campbell, Byungmin Kim, Ellen M. Rathje, and Walter J. Silva.

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Abstract:
As part of the Next Generation Attenuation Relationships for Central...

PEER has just published Report No. 2014/13 titled “Preliminary Notes and Observations on the August 24, 2014, South Napa Earthquake” as a new addition to the PEER Report Series. The information contained in the report is the result of extensive preliminary field reconnaissance and initial analysis of ground motion records obtained in the days following the South Napa earthquake on August 24, 2014. A large number of faculty,...

PEER has just published Report No. 2014/14 titled “Scaling Relations between Seismic Moment and Rupture Area of Earthquakes in Stable Continental Regions” as a new addition to the PEER Report Series. It was authored by Paul Somerville.

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Introduction:
This report, which is a follow-up to a previous in-depth investigation [Somerville 2011], describes the development of scaling relations between seismic moment and rupture area of...