Estimation of peak ground acceleration and spectral acceleration for South India with local site effects: probabilistic approach

Vipin, KS and Anbazhagan, P and Sitharam, TG (2009) Estimation of peak ground acceleration and spectral acceleration for South India with local site effects: probabilistic approach. In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 9 (3). pp. 865-878.

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Abstract

In this work an attempt has been made to evaluate the seismic hazard of South India (8.0 degrees N-20 degrees N; 72 degrees E-88 degrees E) based on the probabilistic seismic hazard analysis (PSHA). The earthquake data obtained from different sources were declustered to remove the dependent events. A total of 598 earthquakes of moment magnitude 4 and above were obtained from the study area after declustering, and were considered for further hazard analysis. The seismotectonic map of the study area was prepared by considering the faults, lineaments and the shear zones in the study area which are associated with earthquakes of magnitude 4 and above. For assessing theseismic hazard, the study area was divided into small grids of size 0.1 degrees x0.1 degrees, and the hazard parameters were calculated at the centre of each of these grid cells by considering all the seismic sources with in a radius of 300 km. Rock level peak horizontal acceleration (PHA) and spectral acceleration (SA) values at 1 corresponding to 10% and 2% probability of exceedance in 50 years have been calculated for all the grid points. The contour maps showing the spatial variation of these values are presented here. Uniform hazard response spectrum (UHRS) at rock level for 5% damping and 10% and 2% probability of exceedance in 50 years were also developed for all the grid points. The peak ground acceleration (PGA) at surface level was calculated for the entire South India for four different site classes. These values can be used to find the PGA values at any site in South India based on site class at that location. Thus, this method can be viewed as a simplified method to evaluate the PGA values at any site in the study area.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Publisher:	Copernicus Group
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Copernicus Group.
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Civil Engineering
Date Deposited:	21 Jul 2009 09:53
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:38
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/21640

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