Sentence examples for based on earthquake from inspiring English sources

DSHA is based on geology and is attuned to physical reality in nature; PSHA is based on earthquake statistics and theory-guided numerical calculations.

In this study, the slab was divided into four sectors based on earthquake distribution, trench geometry, and the results of a previous study of slab geometry.

A PGA model based on earthquake magnitude, epicenter-to-site distances, and source depth is formulated as a spatial lag panel (SLP) model to account for PGA spatial interactions (neighborhood effects).

The present identification method demonstrates its full effectiveness in detecting both flexible- and fixed-base modal parameters identified based on earthquake excitation, also in the presence of close modes and heavy damping (in terms of identification challenge).

Although methods for modelling steel shear connections under column removal scenarios are available in widely-used design guidelines, they tend to be based on earthquake engineering research rather than research examining scenarios relevant to progressive collapse.

Although some studies have suggested that subduction is no longer active along the Arakan trench based on earthquake mechanisms (e.g., Le Dain et al., 1984; Rao and Kumar, 1999), our results are consistent with active oblique subduction based on improved GPS measurements and marine surveys (e.g., Nielsen et al., 2004; Socquet et al., 2006).

"You have to understand," she said, "that before 9/11 we didn't have any good way to estimate the response to something like this other than — well, estimates" based on earthquakes and other trauma.

Based on earthquakes observed during 29 years, for example, Allen et al. (1965) calculated the expected magnitudes of earthquakes that occur once-per-year and once-per-100 years, for 6 sub-regions in southern California.

In this article, it is pointed out the importance of checking the design for the deterministic control spectra developed for Quito in 2015 based on earthquakes simulated in the blinds faults.

Subsequently, we find an empirical relationship between the Harvard M w and the Converted M w (above) based on earthquakes for which both values are available, as shown in Fig. 3a.

Second, scientific studies tell us that most deaths in earthquakes are linked to falling debris and objects, not falling structures.[8] The triangle of life is predominantly based on earthquakes that cause structures, not objects, to fall.