Modelling of Seismic Ground Motion in Santiago de Cuba City from Earthquakes in Oriente Fault Seismic Zone
Abstract
We present the results of complete P-SV and SH waves modelling, up to a maximum frequency of 1Hz, along two profiles in Santiago de Cuba city. The seismic sources are located in the depth range from 10 to 40km on the Oriente fault zone at distances of several tens of kilometres from the city. The calculation has been made by a hybrid method: Modal summation in the regional anelastic model (one-dimensional) where the source is buried, and finite differences in the local sedimentary anelastic models (two-dimensional). The analysis of the influence of the depth and of the distance of the source on the site effects shows that standard traditional methods, based on the deconvolution analysis of the rock outcrop motion, can lead to erroneous results.
- Publication:
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Pure and Applied Geophysics
- Pub Date:
- 2001
- DOI:
- 10.1007/PL00001242
- Bibcode:
- 2001PApGe.158.1763A
- Keywords:
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- Key words: Synthetic seismograms;
- surface waves;
- microzoning;
- Santiago de Cuba.