Wu, Yih-Min and Kanamori, Hiroo (2005) Rapid Assessment of Damage Potential of Earthquakes in Taiwan from the Beginning of P Waves. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 95 (3). pp. 1181-1185. ISSN 0037-1106. doi:10.1785/0120040193. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20140801-100914670
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Abstract
To rapidly assess the potential for damage of an earthquake for purposes of earthquake early warning in Taiwan, we used the peak displacement and velocity amplitudes of the first 3 sec of the P wave. The vertical-component records, high-pass filtered at 0.075 Hz, are used. We found that the peak initial-displacement amplitude (Pd) correlates well with the peak ground-motion displacement (PGD) and the peak ground-motion velocity (PGV) at the same site. When Pd > 0.5 cm, the event is most likely damaging. If Pd is combined with the period parameter τ_c, determined in an earlier study, then τ_c × Pd provides an even more robust parameter for assessing the potential for damage.
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Additional Information: | © 2005 Seismological Society of America. Manuscript received 28 September 2004. We thank Prof. Ta-liang Teng for greatly improving this article and providing many thought-provoking comments. We also thank Prof. Friedemann Wenzel for reviewing this article and providing many valuable comments. This research was supported by the Central Weather Bureau and Grants NSC 92-2119-M-002-026 and NSC 93-2119-M-002-030 from the National Science Council of the Republic of China. | |||||||||
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DOI: | 10.1785/0120040193 | |||||||||
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Official Citation: | Rapid Assessment of Damage Potential of Earthquakes in Taiwan from the Beginning of P Waves Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, June 2005, v. 95, p. 1181-1185, doi:10.1785/0120040193 | |||||||||
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Deposited By: | Tony Diaz | |||||||||
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