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Regional stochastic ground-motion model for low to moderate seismicity area with variable seismotectonic: application to Peninsular India

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A new stochastic ground motion prediction equation (GMPE) for low and diverse seismicity region, i.e., Peninsular India has been derived for a wide range of magnitude (\(M_{w}\) 4–8) and distance (10–500 km). Source, path, and site terms have been determined by comparing the recorded and simulated response spectra using derived values from the literature. Uncertainty has been assessed through simulation by random sampling of the corresponding distribution of all the input parameters. To capture the non-uniform seismicity of Peninsular India, GMPE has been derived using constant stress and variable stress model. The synthetic data has been regressed using linear mixed-effect model algorithm by determining the functional form that is compatible for magnitude and distance scaling. Sensitivity analysis has been used in determining the impact of uncertainty of each input parameter on GMPE standard deviation. Further, new GMPEs have been validated using the recorded ground-motion data.

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Authors would thank “Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS)”, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government of India for funding the project titled “Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis of Vizag and Tarapur considering regional uncertainties” (Ref No. Sanction No 36(2)/14/16/2016-BRNS).

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Table 5 Details of instrumented and non-instrumented Earthquakes used in this study

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Bajaj, K., Anbazhagan, P. Regional stochastic ground-motion model for low to moderate seismicity area with variable seismotectonic: application to Peninsular India. Bull Earthquake Eng 17, 3661–3680 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-019-00646-9

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