Origin and Interpretation of Carlos E.

Ventura University of British Columbia

Ground motion time histories 14-15 November 2008

China, Wenchuan Earthquake (May 12, 2008) 19

STATION: 051WCW
CORDINATES: 31.04N 103.18E
SITE TYPE: ALLUVIUM
DURATION OF RECORD: 180 SEC (but only 160 sec are displayed here)
PRE‐EVENT TIME: 20 SEC
ACCELERATION UNITS: CM/SEC2
NO. OF POINTS: 36000
EQUALLY SPACED INTERVALS OF: 0.005 SEC

Records processing parameters:

Base
ase line correction applied to the record (linear correction)
Filter Type : Butterworth, Bandpass
Order: 4 1

0.8
Low Frequency: 0.1 Hz 0.6

Gain
High Frequency: 25 Hz 0.4

0.2

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Frequency, Hz

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Uncorrected Acceleration 20

Instrument correction has been applied

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Ground motion time histories 14-15 November 2008

Uncorrected Accelerogram (EW component) 21

Acceleration (cm/sec2) PGA=957.75 cm/sec2

Velocity (cm/sec) PGV=58.5 cm/sec

Displacement (cm) PGD=654 cm

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Baseline Corrected Accelerogram 22

Acceleration (cm/sec2) PGA=957.75 cm/sec2

Velocity (cm/sec) PGV=54.7 cm/sec

Displacement (cm) PGD=197 cm

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