| Abstract: | We describe an Italian database of strong ground motion recordings and databanks delineating conditions at the instrument sites and characteristics of the seismic sources. The strong motion database consists of 247 corrected recordings from 89 earthquakes and 101 recording stations. Uncorrected recordings were drawn from public web sites and processed on a record-by-record basis using a procedure utilized in the Next-Generation Attenuation (NGA) project to remove instrument resonances, minimize noise effects through low- and high-pass filtering, and baseline correction. The number of available uncorrected recordings was reduced by 52% (mostly because of s-triggers) to arrive at the 247 recordings in the database. The site databank includes for every recording site the surface geology, a measurement or estimate of average shear wave velocity in the upper 30 m (Vs30), and information on instrument housing. Of the 89 sites, 39 have on-site velocity measurements (17 of which were performed as part of this study using SASW techniques). For remaining sites, we estimate Vs30 based on measurements on similar geologic conditions where available. Where no local velocity measurements are available, correlations with surface geology are used. Source parameters are drawn from databanks maintained (and recently updated) by Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia and include hypocenter location and magnitude for small events (M< ??? 5.5) and finite source parameters for larger events. ?? 2009 A.S. Elnashai & N.N. Ambraseys. |
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| Citation Author: | Scasserra, G.; Stewart, J. P.; Kayen, R. E.; Lanzo, G. |
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| Citation Larger Work Title: | Journal of Earthquake Engineering |
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| Citation Search Results Text: | Database for earthquake strong motion studies in Italy; 2009; Article; Journal; Journal of Earthquake Engineering; Scasserra, G.; Stewart, J. P.; Kayen, R. E.; Lanzo, G. |
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| Citation Volume: | 13 |
| Citation Year: | 2009 |
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| Text: | Database for earthquake strong motion studies in Italy; 2009; Article; Journal; Journal of Earthquake Engineering; Scasserra, G.; Stewart, J. P.; Kayen, R. E.; Lanzo, G. |
| URL (THUMBNAIL): | http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/thumbnails/outside_thumb.jpg |
| URL (DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER): | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13632460802566997 |
| Date Other: | Thu, 1 Jan 2009 00:00 -0600 |
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