Affiliation:
1. Department of Civil Engineering, ISISE, ARISE, University of Minho, Campus of Azurém, Guimarães 4800 - 058, Portugal
2. Departments of Civil Engineering and Earthquake Studies, Middle East Technical University, Ankara 06800, Türkiye
Abstract
An earthquake of Mw = 7.0 occurred on October 30, 2020, in the Aegean Sea near Samos Island, which caused severe structural damage in Bayraklı, Izmir (Türkiye), located around 70 km from the epicenter. To investigate the source, path, and site effects, ground motions recorded in Western Anatolia are simulated using the stochastic finite-fault method based on a dynamic corner frequency approach. The input model parameters are calibrated using the recorded motions at selected 10 stations within an epicentral distance of less than 100 km. The soil amplifications are modeled using horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratios and generic amplification factors. At most stations, including a few within Izmir Bay, amplitudes and frequency contents are modeled closely. Minor discrepancies within particular frequency bands can be attributed to insufficient representation of the local site effects. Finally, distributions of observed and simulated felt intensities are found to be consistent.
Funder
R&D Unit Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering
Associate Laboratory Advanced Production and Intelligent Systems ARISE
The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye
Publisher
World Scientific Pub Co Pte Ltd