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Earthquakes, Strong-Ground Motion

Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics

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Definition

Strong-ground motion:

An earthquake-induced ground motion capable of damaging man-made environment.

Introduction

Earthquake ground motion is a natural phenomenon associated with a sudden release of energy due to a fault rupture. Strong-motion seismology deals with seismic waves radiated by large earthquakes. More precisely, it is concerned with measurement, interpretation and prediction of strong shaking generated by damaging earthquakes.

Because of the engineering need for estimates of future strong-ground motion, the scope of strong-motion seismology encompasses seismic source theory and all other aspects of seismology that can provide insights helpful in making the best possible earthquake ground-shaking scenarios given the limited observational data.

Accumulated data have been providing very important knowledge about rupture processes of earthquakes, propagation paths and site effects on ground motion, and the relation between ground motion, damage, and other earthquake...

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    Giuliano F. Panza, Cristina La Mura, Fabio Romanelli & Franco Vaccari

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Panza, G.F., Mura, C.L., Romanelli, F., Vaccari, F. (2020). Earthquakes, Strong-Ground Motion. In: Gupta, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10475-7_141-1

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