Strong ground-motion records from the mainshocks and aftershocks of the 2008 Wenchuan
(Ms 8.0) and 2013 Lushan (Ms 7.0) earthquakes, within 300 km from the faults, were used …

This study presents the impact of step-like ground slopes on free-field motions at different
excitation frequencies. Furthermore, numerical analyses were also performed to evaluate …

Earthquake S waves can become trapped, or resonate, between the free surface and high-
impedance basal layers, strongly contributing to site response at specific frequencies …

Site response, site resonance in particular, is a great concern in earthquake engineering.
However, scientists and engineers have yet to reach a consensus on the most important …

Site response at many locations in the central and eastern United States is a resonance‐
based phenomenon, which site factors based on the VS 30 proxy may not reliably capture …

ABSTRACT VS 30 is currently used as a key proxy to parameterize site response in
engineering design and other applications. However, it has been found that VS 30 is not an …

In the past 500 years, many moderate to strong earthquakes have occurred in or near the
Beijing metropolitan area, which is underlain by thick Quaternary and Tertiary sediments …

Much of the ground‐motion prediction effort in the central United States has been focused
on deep (>> 30 m) alluvial sites, such as those found in the Mississippi embayment. During …

Ottawa ranks third among Canadian urban areas in terms of seismic risk. Scenario
ShakeMaps are generated for the Ottawa region to study the expected ground‐shaking …

Abstract The New Madrid Seismic Zone, located in the central United States, produced five
earthquakes in 1811–1812, 1843, and 1895, ranging from strong to major. A recurrence of …