Preliminary isoseismal map for the Santa Cruz (Loma Prieta), California, earthquake of October 18, 1989 UTC

Stover, C.W.; Reagor, B.G.; Baldwin, F.W.; Brewer, L.R.

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“…In all there were 921 MNII observations. The data displayed and analyzed are those employed in [30] where a hand drawn isoseismal map, here given as Figure 2, may be found. In the figures we note intensities of levels VIII and IX recorded at some distance from the epicenter.…”

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Automatic methods for generating seismic intensity maps

Brillinger

Chiann

Irizarry

et al. 2001

Journal of Applied Probability

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For many years the modified Mercalli (MM) scale has been used to describe earthquake damage and effects observed at scattered locations. In the next stage of an analysis involving MM data, isoseismal lines based on the observations have been added to maps by hand, i.e. subjectively. However a few objective methods have been proposed (by e.g. De Rubeis et al., Brillinger, Wald et al. and Pettenati et al.). The work presented here develops objective methods further. In particular the ordinal character of the MM scale is specifically taken into account. Numerical smoothing is basic to the approach and methods involving splines, local polynomial regression and wavelets are illustrated. The approach also allows the inclusion of explanatory variables, for example site effects. The procedure is implemented for data from the 17 October 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.

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Automatic methods for generating seismic intensity maps

Brillinger

Chiann

Irizarry

et al. 2001

Journal of Applied Probability

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Earthquake risk and insurance

Brillinger

1993

Environmetrics

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Our concern is with protection against natural catastrophes through financial insurance. Development of appropriate premium rates requires consideration of a wide variety of variables entering into the occurrence of the disaster, and a broad range of scientific and statistical investigations results. Topics discussed include: premium computation, distribution of large earthquakes in time, ground motion at sites, attenuation of energy with distance, damage description and actual practice in various countries. Statistical considerations that arise include: description, stochastic modelling, conditioning, spatial processes, (marked) point processes, uncertainty estimation and robust/resistant procedures. Study of the insurance problem is scientifically enlightening because it requires one to focus on the whole context of the problem; geology, seismology, earthquake engineering, and damage.

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Focal Depth Estimation from Intensity Distribution

Zsíros

1997

Acta Geod. Geoph. Hung

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Preliminary isoseismal map for the Santa Cruz (Loma Prieta), California, earthquake of October 18, 1989 UTC

Cited by 14 publications

References 1 publication

Automatic methods for generating seismic intensity maps

Automatic methods for generating seismic intensity maps

Earthquake risk and insurance

Focal Depth Estimation from Intensity Distribution

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