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GEOPHYSICAL JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
Volume 224, Issue 2, Pages 1382-1404Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggaa525
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Earthquake ground motions; Earthquake interaction; forecasting; prediction; Induced seismicity; Site effects
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This study presents new research on ground-motion relations in three areas of the Upper Silesia Coal Basin (USCB) in Poland, aiming to better predict ground motion caused by seismic events. By comparing results with previous models and using regression models, the study explores the influence of geology on ground motion, particularly focusing on variations in regression parameters and predicted PGA values. The analysis shows a strong linear correlation between regression parameters related to energy and distance, enhancing the understanding of the impact of tremors on ground motion in the USCB.
This paper presents the results of new research on ground-motion relations from three areas in the Upper Silesia Coal Basin (USCB) in Poland and compares them with of ground-motion relations. These three mining areas of the USCB were investigated in order to better predict ground motion caused by seismic events. The study focused on variations in regression parameters and predicted PGA (peak ground acceleration) for different areas to better understand the influence of geology. To compare our results to previous models we had to unify the known ground-motion prediction equations (GMPE). Then, we used various regression models to predict the corresponding PGA values of a relatively strong USCB seismic event with an energy level of 10(8) J (M-L = 3.3) and compared their results. The regression model parameters were compared to each other, particularly those related to energy and distance, which corresponds to a geometrical scattering (attenuation) of seismic waves as well as the influence of wave type (body or surface). Finally, building upon several established regression models, our analysis showed a strong linear correlation between two regression parameters corresponding to energy and distance. However, an open question remains whether this relation can be explained by physics, or, from a mathematical point of view, it is the effect of linear dependence of matrix vectors logE and logR. A comparison of different GMPEs allows for better verification of knowledge about the impact of tremors on ground motion in the USCB.
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