The New Zealand Strong Motion Database

• DOI: 10.5459/bnzsee.50.1.1-20
• Publication Date: 2019-07-22T01:47:39Z
• Authors: Chris Van Houtte; Stephen Bannister; Caroline Holden; Sandra Bourguignon; Graeme McVerry
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0105 earth and related environmental sciences

This article summarises work that has been undertaken to compile the New Zealand Strong Motion Database, which is intended be a significant resource for both researchers and practitioners. The database contains 276 earthquakes were recorded by strong motion instruments from GeoNet earlier network operators. events have moment magnitudes ranging 3.5 7.8. A total of 134 these (49%) classified as occurring in overlying crust, with 33 (12%) located on Fiordland subduction interface 7 Hikurangi (3%). 8 (3%) are deemed occurred within subducting Australian Plate at zone, 94 (34%) Pacific zone. There 4,148 uniformly-processed recordings associated earthquakes, acceleration, velocity displacement time-series, Fourier amplitude spectra acceleration response computed. 598 identified being suitable future use time-domain analyses structural response. All data publicly available http://info.geonet.org.nz/x/TQAdAQ.