Abstract
The paper proposes a stochastic method for evaluating the magnitude of future earthquakes taking account of nonstationarity in earthquake occurrence. The strain energy accumulation in the focal region was estimated by means of the earthquake data of the past 100 years in Japan. The distributions of maximum ground acceleration were derived by means of the attenuation law. The distributions of maximum ground acceleration fit the type III extreme value distributions and the expected values of those distributions depend on the strain energy accumulation significantly. Finally, it is pointed out that the nonstationarity in earthquake occurrence should be taken into consideration in order to evaluate the earthquake load in design. -from Authors
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 421-434 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Journal of Research - National Institute of Standards & Technology |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1994 Jan 1 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Engineering(all)
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Suzuki, M., & Ozaka, Y. (1994). Seismic risk analysis based on strain energy accumulation in focal region. Journal of Research - National Institute of Standards & Technology, 99(4), 421-434. https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.099.040