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JOURNAL OF SEISMOLOGY
Volume 12, Issue 2, Pages 145-159Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-007-9082-y
Keywords
finite-difference simulation; long-period ground motion; megathrust earthquake
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- Division Of Earth Sciences
- Directorate For Geosciences [0744493] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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We have developed a community velocity model for the Pacific Northwest region from northern California to southern Canada and carried out the first 3D simulation of a M-w 9.0 megathrust earthquake rupturing along the Cascadia subduction zone using a parallel supercomputer. A long-period (< 0.5 Hz) source model was designed by mapping the inversion results for the December 26, 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake (Han et al., Science 313(5787):658-662, 2006) onto the Cascadia subduction zone. Representative peak ground velocities for the metropolitan centers of the region include 42 cm/s in the Seattle area and 8-20 cm/s in the Tacoma, Olympia, Vancouver, and Portland areas. Combined with an extended duration of the shaking up to 5 min, these long-period ground motions may inflict significant damage on the built environment, in particular on the highrises in downtown Seattle.
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