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Authors: | Todrani, Alessandro* Cultrera, Giovanna* |
Title: | Near-source simulation of strong ground motion in Amatrice downtown including site effects | Journal: | Geosciences | Series/Report no.: | 5/11(2021) | Publisher: | MDPI | Issue Date: | 25-Apr-2021 | DOI: | 10.3390/geosciences11050186 | Keywords: | strong ground motion earthquake simulation near-source Amatrice earthquake seismic sequence site effects |
Subject Classification: | 04.06. Seismology | Abstract: | On 24 August 2016, a Mw 6.0 earthquake started a damaging seismic sequence in central Italy. The historical center of Amatrice village reached the XI degree (MCS scale) but the high vulnerability alone could not explain the heavy damage. Unfortunately, at the time of the earthquake only AMT station, 200 m away from the downtown, recorded the mainshock, whereas tens on temporary stations were installed afterwards. We propose a method to simulate the ground motion affecting Amatrice, using the FFT amplitude recorded at AMT, which has been modified by the standard spectral ratio (SSR) computed at 14 seismic stations in downtown. We tested the procedure by comparing simulations and recordings of two later mainshocks (Mw 5.9 and Mw 6.5), underlining advantages and limits of the technique. The strong motion variability of simulations was related to the proximity of the seismic source, accounted for by the ground motion at AMT, and to the peculiar site effects, described by the transfer function at the sites. The largest amplification characterized the stations close to the NE hill edge and produced simulated values of intensity measures clearly above one standard deviation of the GMM expected for Italy, up to 1.6 g for PGA. |
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