A comprehensive earthquake source database for China’s strong-motion flatfile (2007–2020)

The National Strong-Motion Observation Network System of China has collected over 12 000 strong-motion recordings from 2007 to December 2020. This study assembled the source-related metadata of 1 920 earthquakes associated with assembled well-processed recordings of China. The earthquake basic infor...

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Main Authors: Hongwei Wang, Hongrui Li, Yefei Ren, Ruizhi Wen
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Published: KeAi Communications Co. Ltd. 2025-04-01
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description The National Strong-Motion Observation Network System of China has collected over 12 000 strong-motion recordings from 2007 to December 2020. This study assembled the source-related metadata of 1 920 earthquakes associated with assembled well-processed recordings of China. The earthquake basic information, focal mechanisms, and the fault geometry were collected from various institutes and literature. We recommended the MW values for 900 earthquakes, the fault types for 1 064 earthquakes, and the fault geometries for 18 large earthquakes. We also performed the statistical analysis for establishing the empirical conversions of MW-MS, and ML, and providing the empirical relationships between MW and ruptured area, aspect ratio, respectively. Moreover, the ruptured fault geometries of large earthquakes were used to preliminarily divide all earthquakes considered into 1 141 mainshocks, and 779 aftershocks. The finite-fault distances (RJB and Rrup) of strong-motion recordings from the 18 large earthquakes were calculated, and then used to yield the statistic relationships between the point-source distances (Repi and Rhyp) and finite-fault distances. We finally provided the earthquake source database freely accessible at website. The source-related metadata can be directly applied to develop the ground motion prediction equations of China.
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spelling doaj-art-4cd4c93fef1a4630afcc54b6ff8f90952025-08-20T03:14:38ZengKeAi Communications Co. Ltd.Earthquake Research Advances2772-46702025-04-015210034610.1016/j.eqrea.2024.100346A comprehensive earthquake source database for China’s strong-motion flatfile (2007–2020)Hongwei Wang0Hongrui Li1Yefei Ren2Ruizhi Wen3Key Laboratory of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, Institute of Engineering Mechanics, China Earthquake Administration, Harbin, 150080, China; Key Laboratory of Earthquake Disaster Mitigation, Ministry of Emergency Management, Harbin, 150080, ChinaKey Laboratory of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, Institute of Engineering Mechanics, China Earthquake Administration, Harbin, 150080, China; Key Laboratory of Earthquake Disaster Mitigation, Ministry of Emergency Management, Harbin, 150080, ChinaKey Laboratory of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, Institute of Engineering Mechanics, China Earthquake Administration, Harbin, 150080, China; Key Laboratory of Earthquake Disaster Mitigation, Ministry of Emergency Management, Harbin, 150080, China; Corresponding author. Key Laboratory of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, Institute of Engineering Mechanics, China Earthquake Administration, Harbin, 150080, China.Key Laboratory of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration, Institute of Engineering Mechanics, China Earthquake Administration, Harbin, 150080, China; Key Laboratory of Earthquake Disaster Mitigation, Ministry of Emergency Management, Harbin, 150080, ChinaThe National Strong-Motion Observation Network System of China has collected over 12 000 strong-motion recordings from 2007 to December 2020. This study assembled the source-related metadata of 1 920 earthquakes associated with assembled well-processed recordings of China. The earthquake basic information, focal mechanisms, and the fault geometry were collected from various institutes and literature. We recommended the MW values for 900 earthquakes, the fault types for 1 064 earthquakes, and the fault geometries for 18 large earthquakes. We also performed the statistical analysis for establishing the empirical conversions of MW-MS, and ML, and providing the empirical relationships between MW and ruptured area, aspect ratio, respectively. Moreover, the ruptured fault geometries of large earthquakes were used to preliminarily divide all earthquakes considered into 1 141 mainshocks, and 779 aftershocks. The finite-fault distances (RJB and Rrup) of strong-motion recordings from the 18 large earthquakes were calculated, and then used to yield the statistic relationships between the point-source distances (Repi and Rhyp) and finite-fault distances. We finally provided the earthquake source database freely accessible at website. The source-related metadata can be directly applied to develop the ground motion prediction equations of China.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772467024000721Earthquake source databaseEarthquake basic parametersFocal mechanismRuptured fault geometryStrong motion flatfile
spellingShingle Hongwei Wang
Hongrui Li
Yefei Ren
Ruizhi Wen
A comprehensive earthquake source database for China’s strong-motion flatfile (2007–2020)
Earthquake Research Advances
Earthquake source database
Earthquake basic parameters
Focal mechanism
Ruptured fault geometry
Strong motion flatfile
title A comprehensive earthquake source database for China’s strong-motion flatfile (2007–2020)
title_full A comprehensive earthquake source database for China’s strong-motion flatfile (2007–2020)
title_fullStr A comprehensive earthquake source database for China’s strong-motion flatfile (2007–2020)
title_full_unstemmed A comprehensive earthquake source database for China’s strong-motion flatfile (2007–2020)
title_short A comprehensive earthquake source database for China’s strong-motion flatfile (2007–2020)
title_sort comprehensive earthquake source database for china s strong motion flatfile 2007 2020
topic Earthquake source database
Earthquake basic parameters
Focal mechanism
Ruptured fault geometry
Strong motion flatfile
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772467024000721
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