USGS National-Strong Motion Program
Preliminary Corrected Peak Ground Acceleration and Velocity Values for
January 14, 2001, Pacoima, CA Earthquake (posted 01/30/2001; updated 10/17/2002)
ML 4.3, 01/14/2001, 02:26:13 (UTC), 01/13/2001 06:26:13 PM (PST), 34.293 N, 118.403 W, 6.1 km depth
Sta Inst Inst Recorder Name Owner Lat Lon Dist Az Ch Sensor Orient PGA PGV
No type S/N     deg deg km deg No type deg cm/s/s cm/s
655 Etna 1937 CA: Sylmar; Jensen Filt. Plant, Admin. Bldg., bsmt MWD 34.312 -118.496 8.8 284 1 FBA-13 22 14.53 0.90
                  2 FBA-13 UP 11.44 -0.50
                  3 FBA-13 112 -23.60 -1.36
655 Etna 1938 CA: Sylmar; Jensen Filt. Plant, Generator Bldg. MWD 34.313 -118.499 9.1 284 1 FBA-13 22 22.05 0.84
                  2 FBA-13 UP -12.66 0.37
                  3 FBA-13 112 23.60 -1.42
655 Etna 1939 CA: Sylmar; Jensen Filt. Plant, Reservoir, roof MWD 34.308 -118.500 9.1 281 1 FBA-13 22 -65.87 1.79
                  2 FBA-13 UP 29.76 0.48
                  3 FBA-13 112 -74.46 -1.99
757 Etna 1936 CA: Los Angeles; Sepulveda Canyon, MWD Ctrl Rm MWD 34.097 -118.480 22.9 198 1 FBA-13 166 9.85 -0.45
                  2 FBA-13 UP 5.11 0.10
                  3 FBA-13 256 -12.38 -0.55
5416 K2 1533 CA: Pasadena; NASA JPL Bldg. 144, 11-ch array USGS 34.202 -118.174 23.3 115          
      Basement, Room 2           1 FBA-23 350 12.00 0.41
      Basement, Room 2           2 FBA-23 UP -7.10 0.20
      Basement, Room 2           3 FBA-23 80 -8.20 0.41
      Ground Floor, center core           4 FBA-23 350 -12.23 -0.33
      Ground Floor, center core           5 FBA-23 UP -8.60 0.24
      Ground Floor, center core           6 FBA-23 80 8.89 0.37
      Roof, SE           7 FBA-13 260 -19.08 -0.62
      Roof, NE           8 FBA-13 170 -15.58 -0.36
      no sensor           9        
      Roof, West end           10 FBA-13 350 19.10 0.58
      Roof, West end           11 FBA-13 80 21.73 0.69
      Roof, West end           12 FBA-13 80 12.67 -0.56
5414 K2 1532 CA: Pasadena; NASA JPL Bldg. 302, 12-ch array USGS 34.201 -118.169 23.9 115          
      Basement, NE corner           1 FBA-23 330 15.69 -0.39
      Basement, NE corner           2 FBA-23 UP 9.53 -0.21
      Basement, NE corner           3 FBA-23 60 15.53 0.41
      Roof, NE corner           4 FBA-13 330 -71.35 1.44
      Roof, NE corner           5 FBA-13 240 44.80 -1.15
      Roof, West end           6 FBA-13 150 52.59 -1.12
      Basement, SW           7 FBA-23 330 17.09 0.41
      Basement, SW           8 FBA-23 UP 10.28 0.20
      Basement, SW           9 FBA-23 60 16.04 0.49
      Roof, SW           10 FBA-13 240 36.54 -0.89
      Roof, center core           11 FBA-13 150 -48.64 -1.19
      Roof, center core           12 FBA-13 240 21.22 -0.53
5396 K2 517 CA: Los Angeles; La Calandria Way USGS 34.073 -118.177 32.1 140 1 FBA-13 180 -4.80 -0.13
                  2 FBA-13 UP 4.18 0.11
                  3 FBA-13 270 6.15 0.16
5297 K2 1351 CA: Arcadia; Chantry Flat Forest Sta, heliport garage USGS 34.20 -118.02 36.8 106 1 EpiSensor 90 5.27 0.26
                  2 EpiSensor 360 8.58 0.44
                  3 EpiSensor UP 4.98 0.14
5029 K2 597 CA: Leona Valley; Fire Station #140 USGS 34.617 -118.285 37.6 17 1 FBA-13 360 5.35 0.16
                  2 FBA-13 UP -3.48 -0.10
                  3 FBA-13 90 -3.61 -0.13