1999 Kocaeli, Turkey, Arcelik

Plots of original ground motion, extracted pulse, and residual ground motion:

Map of epicenter, rupture extent and station location:

Ground motion information:

NGA Record Sequence Number 1148

Magnitude = 7.5
Closest Distance = 13.5 km
Hypocentral Distance = 56.02 km
Vs30 = 523 m/s
Mechanism = Strike slip

T_p = 7.79 s
PGV = 40.3 cm/s

Orientation of strongest pulse, relative to north = 80 degrees
Orientation of strongest pulse, relative to fault parallel = 14 degrees
Pulse in fault normal direction = 0
Pulse due to directivity = 1

Comments:

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Directivity parameters:

X = 0.35
s = 47.42 km
θ = 19.9

Y = 0.74
d = 15.09 km
φ = 40.9

IDP = 3.38
Rowshandel parameter = -0.33

Notes:

These results were computed November 1st, 2012
These results are based on the June 2012 version of the NGA West 2 database
If you have any observations, comments or requests regarding this data, please e-mail Jack Baker and Shrey Shahi

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