Earthquake Ground Shaking and its Potential Effects in the San Francisco Bay Region for a Repeat of the Great 1906 Earthquake INDEX     Sound: ON / OFF     Part: 1 2 3     Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18     <-- BACK     NEXT -->

Earthquake ground shaking and resultant damage may vary significantly throughout an urbanized region.

Strong Ground Shaking depends on: Source Attributes -       Type (Strike-Slip, Thrust, ...);       Size (Magnitude) Distance from the rupture -       Attenuation due to: geometrical spreading, intrinsic absorption, and crustal structure Local Site Conditions -       Shear velocity and distribution of rock and soil deposits.

Maps of Ground Shaking in an urbanized region must account for variations in each of these factors.