1999 Kocaeli, Turkey, Izmit

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 1165

Magnitude = 7.5
Closest Distance = 7.2 km
Hypocentral Distance = 16.86 km
Vs30 = 811 m/s
Mechanism = Strike slip

T_p = 5.37 s
PGV = 38.1 cm/s

Orientation of strongest pulse, relative to north = 265 degrees
Orientation of strongest pulse, relative to fault parallel = 5 degrees
Pulse in fault normal direction = 0
Pulse due to directivity = 1

Comments:

no comment

Directivity parameters:

X = 0.02
s = 2.94 km
θ = 58.1

Y = 0.74
d = 15.05 km
φ = 6.8

IDP = 0.56
Rowshandel parameter = -0.7

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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