| Ground-Motion Model | Magnitude Range | Distance Range (km) | Period Range | Site Condition Reference | Style of Faulting Flags | Ground-Motion Metric | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boore et al. (1997) | 5.2 ≤ MW ≤ 7.7 | 0 ≤ RJB ≤ 100 | PGA, SA(0.1–2.0 s) | VS30 | SS, RS | RC | Western United States |
| Zhao et al. (2006) | 5.0 ≤ MW ≤ 7.3* | 0 ≤ Rrup ≤ 300 | PGA, SA(0.05–5.0 s) | NEHRP | RS | GM | Japan |
| Campbell and Bozorgnia (2008) | 4.0 ≤ MW ≤ 7.9 | 0 ≤ Rrup ≤ 200 | PGA, PGV, PGD, SA(0.01–10 s) | VS30 | RS, NS | GMRotI50 | Western United States, global |
| Chiou and Youngs (2008) | 4.0 ≤ MW ≤ 8.5† | 0 ≤ Rrup ≤ 200 | PGA, PGV, SA(0.01–10 s) | VS30 | RS, NS | GMRotI50 | Western United States, global |
| Bindi et al. (2011) | 4.0 ≤ MW ≤ 6.9 | 0 ≤ RJB ≤ 200 | PGA, PGV, SA(0.04–2.0 s) | EC8 | SS, RS, NS, U | GM | Italy |
| Atkinson and Boore (2011)‡ | 4.0 ≤ MW ≤ 8.0 | 0 ≤ RJB ≤ 200 | PGA, PGV, SA(0.01–10 s) | VS30 | SS, RS, NS, U | GMRotI50§ | Western United States, global |
| Atkinson and Adams (2013) | 4.5 ≤ MW ≤ 9.0‖ | 0 ≤ RJB ≤ 600# | PGA, PGV, SA(0.05–10 s) | VS30 (760 m/s) | - | GMRotI50 | Western North America |
| Akkar et al. (2014) | 4.0 ≤ MW ≤ 7.9 | 0 ≤ Repi; Rhyp; RJB ≤ 200 | PGA, PGV, SA(0.01–4.0 s) | VS30 | RS, NS | GM | Europe, Middle East |
| Boore et al. (2014) | 3.0 ≤ MW ≤ 8.5 | 0 ≤ RJB ≤ 400 | PGA, PGV, SA(0.01–10 s) | VS30 | SS, RS, NS, U | RotD50 | Global |
| Chiou and Youngs (2014) | 3.5 ≤ MW ≤ 8.5** | 0 ≤ Rrup ≤ 300 | PGA, PGV, SA(0.01–10 s) | VS30 | RS, NS | RotD50†† | Global |
Table is based on information summarized in Allen and Wald (2009) and Douglas et al. (2013) and on original sources. Abbreviations: MW, moment magnitude; Repi, epicentral distance; Rhyp, hypocentral distance; Rrup, distance to rupture; RJB, Joyner-Boore distance; PGA, peak ground acceleration; PGV, peak ground velocity; PGD, peak ground displacement; SA, spectral acceleration; VS30, time-averaged shear-wave velocity in the upper 30 m of the crust; NEHRP, National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program site class (Building Seismic Safety Council, 2004); EC8, Eurocode 8 (European Committee for Standardization, 2003); RS, reverse-slip; SS, strike-slip; NS, normal-slip; U, unknown slip; RC, random component; GM, geometric mean of the horizontal components; GMRotI50, 50th percentile orientation-independent geometric mean using period-independent rotation angle (Boore et al., 2006); RotD50, 50th percentile of orientation-independent, non-geometric-mean ground motions (Boore, 2010).
* Inferred from Figure 1 in Zhao et al. (2006).
† MW 8.5 for strike-slip events and MW 8.0 for reverse-slip events.
‡ Updated from Boore and Atkinson (2008).
§ Small-magnitude scaling is based on the geometric mean of the horizontal components (GM).
‖ From tables available at Western University’s Engineering Seismology Toolbox (see Data and Resources).
# Approximated from tables available at Western University’s Engineering Seismology Toolbox (see Data and Resources).
** MW 8.5 for strike-slip events and MW 8.0 for reverse- and normal-slip events.
†† Not explicitly stated. Assumed based on Ancheta et al. (2014).
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