Affiliation:
1. Instituto de Ingeniería, UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán 04510, México D.F., México
Abstract
Spectral ratios obtained for lakebed sites with respect to the average Fourier spectra of the Southwest hill-zone sites in the Mexico City Valley are presented. The amount and quality of data used allowed us to measure relevant amplification characteristics. For all earthquakes, the ratios are relatively constant regardless the magnitude, epicentral distance and azimuth of subduction and normal faulting earthquakes. With data recorded at Station Central de Abastos, it is shown that these ratios are a much better approach than horizontal to vertical ratios, which yield only a rough estimation of site amplification. Also for Central de Abastos, where little nonlinear behavior has been observed, an empirical approximation is used to account for these effects. We also built maps of equal amplification that exhibit those zones that have experienced damage during earthquakes and those at the highest risk. The ratios presented here are useful and reliable to accurately predict the amplification of motion.
Subject
Geophysics,Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
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