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Ground-Motion Prediction Equations For Central And Eastern North America, With Emphasis On Site Effects, Behzad Hassani

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The works presented in this thesis are aimed at understanding and modeling earthquake ground motions in central and eastern North America (CENA), with an emphasis on the modeling of site effects. A number of approaches are taken, beginning with analysing of the observed ground-motion amplitudes with respect to a ground-motion prediction equation model (GMPE) of a well recorded region (California) (referenced empirical approach). In this work, we show that the ground-motion amplitudes of CENA earthquakes are very similar to the equivalent California values of Boore et al. (2014; BSSA14) at close distances, at low to moderate frequencies. At regional distances …