Basin effect was first described following the analysis of seismic ground motion associated with the 1985 MW8.1 earthquake in Mexico.Basins affect the propagation of seismic waves through various mechanisms,and severa...Basin effect was first described following the analysis of seismic ground motion associated with the 1985 MW8.1 earthquake in Mexico.Basins affect the propagation of seismic waves through various mechanisms,and several unique phenomena,such as the basin edge effect,basin focusing effect,and basin-induced secondary waves,have been observed.Understanding and quantitatively predicting these phenomena are crucial for earthquake disaster reduction.Some pioneering studies in this field have proposed a quantitative relationship between the basin effect on ground motion and basin depth.Unfortunately,basin effect phenomena predicted using a model based only on basin depth exhibit large deviations from actual distributions,implying the severe shortcomings of single-parameter basin effect modeling.Quaternary sediments are thick and widely distributed in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.The seismic media inside and outside of this basin have significantly different physical properties,and the basin bottom forms an interface with strong seismic reflections.In this study,we established a three-dimensional structure model of the Quaternary sedimentary basin based on the velocity structure model of the North China Craton and used it to simulate the ground motion under a strong earthquake following the spectral element method,obtaining the spatial distribution characteristics of the ground motion amplification ratio throughout the basin.The back-propagation(BP)neural network algorithm was then introduced to establish a multi-parameter mathematical model for predicting ground motion amplification ratios,with the seismic source location,physical property ratio of the media inside and outside the basin,seismic wave frequency,and basin shape as the input parameters.We then examined the main factors influencing the amplification of seismic ground motion in basins based on the prediction results,and concluded that the main factors influencing the basin effect are basin shape and differences in the physical properties of media inside and outside the basin.展开更多
The ground motion attenuation models for PGA,PGV and response spectrum at rock sites and soils sites are derived separately from the digital strong motion records of moderate earthquakes in the Sichuan-Yunnan region a...The ground motion attenuation models for PGA,PGV and response spectrum at rock sites and soils sites are derived separately from the digital strong motion records of moderate earthquakes in the Sichuan-Yunnan region after 2007. By comparison with Yu Yanxiangs attenuation model for rock sites in western China,reliability of the model is verified for moderate earthquake. According to the distribution of strong motion data against magnitude and epicentral distance,the applicability and reliability of the results in this paper are discussed.展开更多
The 2025 M_(w)7.7 Myanmar earthquake highlighted the challenge of near-fault seismic intensity field reconstruction due to sparse seismic networks.To address this limitation,a framework was proposed integrating seismi...The 2025 M_(w)7.7 Myanmar earthquake highlighted the challenge of near-fault seismic intensity field reconstruction due to sparse seismic networks.To address this limitation,a framework was proposed integrating seismic wave simulation with a data-constrained finite-fault rupture model.The constraint is implemented by identifying the optimal ground motion models(GMMs)through a scoring system that selects the best-fit GMMs to mid-and far-field China Earthquake Networks Center(CENC)seismic network data;and applying the optimal GMMs to refine the rupture model parameters for near-fault intensity field simulation.The simulated near-fault seismic intensity field reproduces seismic intensities collected from Myanmar’s sparse seismic network and concentrated in≥Ⅷintensity zones within 50 km of the projected fault plane;and identifies abnormal intensity regions exhibiting≥Ⅹintensity along the Meiktila-Naypyidaw corridor and near Shwebo that are attributed to soft soil amplification effects and near-fault directivity.This framework can also be applied to post-earthquake assessments in other similar regions.展开更多
The fifth-generation seismic hazard map for China's mainland(CSHM5) was developed based on the delineated seismic source models and the ground motion models(GMMs) for the peak ground acceleration(PGA) for four dif...The fifth-generation seismic hazard map for China's mainland(CSHM5) was developed based on the delineated seismic source models and the ground motion models(GMMs) for the peak ground acceleration(PGA) for four different seismic regions. In the present study, we developed a new set of GMMs as functions of the rupture distance or the closest distance to the projection of the rupture plane. The development of the GMMs is based on the projection method and GMMs from the NGA-West2 project. We then estimated, mapped, and compared the seismic hazard in terms of PGA and pseudo-spectral acceleration by using the new set of GMMs and other relevant GMMs, and two seismic source models-one used in developing CSHM5, which includes the fault orientation characterization and the other based on a spatially smoothed source model. The comparison of the estimated seismic hazard indicates that CSHM5 may significantly underestimate the seismic hazard. Part of this is likely due to the inclusion of an additional 15 km focal depth in the original GMM that is adopted for CSHM5. The comparison of the obtained standardized uniform hazard spectra(UHS) to the standardized response spectrum implemented in the current structural design code shows that the value of the latter is greater than that of the former for the natural vibration period less than about 0.1 s or greater than 0.4 s and this is reversed for the natural vibration period around 0.2 s. It is recommended that the use of UHS for design code making should be seriously considered, or at least, the shape of the current implemented standardized design spectrum could be improved.展开更多
The estimated seismic hazard based on the delineated seismic source model is used as the basis to assign the seismic design loads in Canadian structural design codes.An alternative for the estimation is based on a spa...The estimated seismic hazard based on the delineated seismic source model is used as the basis to assign the seismic design loads in Canadian structural design codes.An alternative for the estimation is based on a spatially smoothed source model.However,a quantification of differences in the Canadian seismic hazard maps(CanSHMs)obtained based on the delineated seismic source model and spatially smoothed model is unavailable.The quantification is valuable to identify epistemic uncertainty in the estimated seismic hazard and the degree of uncertainty in the CanSHMs.In the present study,we developed seismic source models using spatial smoothing and historical earthquake catalogue.We quantified the differences in the estimated Canadian seismic hazard by considering the delineated source model and spatially smoothed source models.For the development of the spatially smoothed seismic source models,we considered spatial kernel smoothing techniques with or without adaptive bandwidth.The results indicate that the use of the delineated seismic source model could lead to under or over-estimation of the seismic hazard as compared to those estimated based on spatially smoothed seismic source models.This suggests that an epistemic uncertainty caused by the seismic source models should be considered to map the seismic hazard.展开更多
基金funded by the General Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.42174070)the General Program of the Beijing Natural Science Foundation(No.8222035).
文摘Basin effect was first described following the analysis of seismic ground motion associated with the 1985 MW8.1 earthquake in Mexico.Basins affect the propagation of seismic waves through various mechanisms,and several unique phenomena,such as the basin edge effect,basin focusing effect,and basin-induced secondary waves,have been observed.Understanding and quantitatively predicting these phenomena are crucial for earthquake disaster reduction.Some pioneering studies in this field have proposed a quantitative relationship between the basin effect on ground motion and basin depth.Unfortunately,basin effect phenomena predicted using a model based only on basin depth exhibit large deviations from actual distributions,implying the severe shortcomings of single-parameter basin effect modeling.Quaternary sediments are thick and widely distributed in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.The seismic media inside and outside of this basin have significantly different physical properties,and the basin bottom forms an interface with strong seismic reflections.In this study,we established a three-dimensional structure model of the Quaternary sedimentary basin based on the velocity structure model of the North China Craton and used it to simulate the ground motion under a strong earthquake following the spectral element method,obtaining the spatial distribution characteristics of the ground motion amplification ratio throughout the basin.The back-propagation(BP)neural network algorithm was then introduced to establish a multi-parameter mathematical model for predicting ground motion amplification ratios,with the seismic source location,physical property ratio of the media inside and outside the basin,seismic wave frequency,and basin shape as the input parameters.We then examined the main factors influencing the amplification of seismic ground motion in basins based on the prediction results,and concluded that the main factors influencing the basin effect are basin shape and differences in the physical properties of media inside and outside the basin.
基金sponsored jointly by the special fund for basic research and operating expenses of Institute of Crustal Dynamics,CEA(ZDJ2013-04)"National Nature Science Foundation of China(51278469)
文摘The ground motion attenuation models for PGA,PGV and response spectrum at rock sites and soils sites are derived separately from the digital strong motion records of moderate earthquakes in the Sichuan-Yunnan region after 2007. By comparison with Yu Yanxiangs attenuation model for rock sites in western China,reliability of the model is verified for moderate earthquake. According to the distribution of strong motion data against magnitude and epicentral distance,the applicability and reliability of the results in this paper are discussed.
基金Scientific Research Fund of Institute of Engineering Mechanics,China Earthquake Administration under Grant No.2023C01National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.52478570Distinguished Young Scholars Program of the Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province,China under Grant No.JQ2024E002。
文摘The 2025 M_(w)7.7 Myanmar earthquake highlighted the challenge of near-fault seismic intensity field reconstruction due to sparse seismic networks.To address this limitation,a framework was proposed integrating seismic wave simulation with a data-constrained finite-fault rupture model.The constraint is implemented by identifying the optimal ground motion models(GMMs)through a scoring system that selects the best-fit GMMs to mid-and far-field China Earthquake Networks Center(CENC)seismic network data;and applying the optimal GMMs to refine the rupture model parameters for near-fault intensity field simulation.The simulated near-fault seismic intensity field reproduces seismic intensities collected from Myanmar’s sparse seismic network and concentrated in≥Ⅷintensity zones within 50 km of the projected fault plane;and identifies abnormal intensity regions exhibiting≥Ⅹintensity along the Meiktila-Naypyidaw corridor and near Shwebo that are attributed to soft soil amplification effects and near-fault directivity.This framework can also be applied to post-earthquake assessments in other similar regions.
基金supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,CHD(Grant No.300102282103)Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi(Program No.2023-JC-QN-0512)(CF)+1 种基金the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2023YFC3805202)(HPH)the Institute of Geophysics,China Earthquake Administration(WJX)is gratefully acknowledged.
文摘The fifth-generation seismic hazard map for China's mainland(CSHM5) was developed based on the delineated seismic source models and the ground motion models(GMMs) for the peak ground acceleration(PGA) for four different seismic regions. In the present study, we developed a new set of GMMs as functions of the rupture distance or the closest distance to the projection of the rupture plane. The development of the GMMs is based on the projection method and GMMs from the NGA-West2 project. We then estimated, mapped, and compared the seismic hazard in terms of PGA and pseudo-spectral acceleration by using the new set of GMMs and other relevant GMMs, and two seismic source models-one used in developing CSHM5, which includes the fault orientation characterization and the other based on a spatially smoothed source model. The comparison of the estimated seismic hazard indicates that CSHM5 may significantly underestimate the seismic hazard. Part of this is likely due to the inclusion of an additional 15 km focal depth in the original GMM that is adopted for CSHM5. The comparison of the obtained standardized uniform hazard spectra(UHS) to the standardized response spectrum implemented in the current structural design code shows that the value of the latter is greater than that of the former for the natural vibration period less than about 0.1 s or greater than 0.4 s and this is reversed for the natural vibration period around 0.2 s. It is recommended that the use of UHS for design code making should be seriously considered, or at least, the shape of the current implemented standardized design spectrum could be improved.
基金The support of the Fundamental Research Funds from the Central Universities,CHD(Grant No.300102282103)Natural Science Basic Research Program of Shaanxi(Program No.2023-JC-QN-0512)Harbin Institute of Technology(Shenzhen)。
文摘The estimated seismic hazard based on the delineated seismic source model is used as the basis to assign the seismic design loads in Canadian structural design codes.An alternative for the estimation is based on a spatially smoothed source model.However,a quantification of differences in the Canadian seismic hazard maps(CanSHMs)obtained based on the delineated seismic source model and spatially smoothed model is unavailable.The quantification is valuable to identify epistemic uncertainty in the estimated seismic hazard and the degree of uncertainty in the CanSHMs.In the present study,we developed seismic source models using spatial smoothing and historical earthquake catalogue.We quantified the differences in the estimated Canadian seismic hazard by considering the delineated source model and spatially smoothed source models.For the development of the spatially smoothed seismic source models,we considered spatial kernel smoothing techniques with or without adaptive bandwidth.The results indicate that the use of the delineated seismic source model could lead to under or over-estimation of the seismic hazard as compared to those estimated based on spatially smoothed seismic source models.This suggests that an epistemic uncertainty caused by the seismic source models should be considered to map the seismic hazard.
