Electronic Supplement to
Toward a New Probabilistic Framework to Score and Merge Ground-Motion Prediction Equations: The Case of the Italian Region

by Pamela Roselli, Warner Marzocchi, and Licia Faenza

Table S2. Schematic Summary of Range of Parameters Corresponding to Each Ground-Motion Prediction Equation (GMPE) Implemented

Parameter AB-2010 (Akkar and Bommer, 2010) B-2011 (Bindi et al., 2011) CF-2008 (Cauzzi and Faccioli, 2008) M-2008 (Malagnini et al., 2008) SP-1996 (Sabetta and Pugliese, 1996)
Focal mechanisms* NF, RF, and SS NF, RF, and SS NF, RF, and SS Not specified Not specified
Magnitudes 5.0≤ Mw ≤ 7.6 4.1≤ Mw ≤6.9 5.0≤ Mw ≤7.2 Mw ≥4.1 Ms: if Ml, Ms ≥5.5; ML: if ML, Ms <5.5; 4.6≤ ML, Ms ≤6.8
Distances Epicentral 5 km ≤ R ≤ 100 km Epicentral R ≤ 200 km Hypocentral 6 km ≤ R ≤ 150 km Hypocentral 10 km ≤ R ≤ 200 km Epicentral R ≤ 100 km
Focal depth (H) Not specified H ≤ 35 km H ≤ 22 km H ≤ 35 km Not specified
Sites A, B, C, and D A, B, C, D, and E A, B, C, and D A and B Not specified
Horizontal components Geometric mean Geometric mean Geometric mean Geometric mean Larger
Sigma (σ) 0.279 0.337 0.334 0.23 0.190
Number of parameters 0 14 0 0 9

* NF, normal fault; RF, reverse fault; SS, strike slip.

† Eurocode 8 (2004).

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