Collapse risk of buildings in the Pacific Northwest region due to subduction earthquakes
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Abstract
Subduction earthquakes similar to the 2011 Japan and 2010 Chile events will occur in the future in the Cascadia subduction zone in the Pacific Northwest. In this paper, nonlinear dynamic analyses are carried out on 24 buildings designed according to outdated and modern building codes for the cities of Seattle, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. The results indicate that the median collapse capacity of the ductile (post-1970) buildings is approximately 40% less when subjected to ground motions from subduction, as compared to crustal earthquakes. Buildings are more susceptible to earthquake-induced collapse when shaken by subduction records (as compared to crustal records of the same intensity) because the subduction motions tend to be longer in duration due to their larger magnitude and the greater source-to-site distance. As a result, subduction earthquakes are shown to contribute to the majority of the collapse risk of the buildings analyzed.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Collapse risk of buildings in the Pacific Northwest region due to subduction earthquakes |
| Series title | Earthquake Spectra |
| DOI | 10.1193/012114EQS011M |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Year Published | 2015 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Earthquake Engineering Research Institute |
| Contributing office(s) | Geologic Hazards Science Center |
| Description | 29 p. |
| First page | 2087 |
| Last page | 2115 |
| Country | United States |
| Other Geospatial | Pacific Northwest |
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