Electronic Supplement to
Comparing the CENA GMPEs Using NGA-East Ground-Motion Database

by L. P. Ogweno and C. H. Cramer

Table S1 Summary of GMPE Parameters

Number GMPE Description Distance Mw
Range		 Periods (T) s R*Range Year Site
Parameter*		 Grouping† Comments‡
1 AB95 Atkinson and Boore, 1995 Closest distance from the recording site to the ruptured area 3.5–8.0 0.03–5, +PGA, PGV 10–100 1995 Vs30 a parameter Double corner frequency
2 AB06 Atkinson and Boore, 2006 Closest distance from the recording site to the ruptured area 3.5–8.0 0.03–5, +PGA, PGV 1–1000 2006 Vs30 a parameter Current USGS NSHMP (2008) 140 bar stress drop
3 AB06+ Atkinson and Boore, 2006 Closest distance from the recording site to the ruptured area 3.5–8.0 0.03–5, +PGA, PGV 1–1000 2006 Vs30 a parameter Current USGS NSHMP (2008) 200 bar stress drop Atkinson and Boore (2006), a CEUS relation
4 AB06p Atkinson and Boore, 2011 Closest distance from the recording site to the ruptured area 3.5–8.0 0.03–5, +PGA, PGV 1–1000 2006 Vs30 a parameter Proposed USGS NSHMP (2014) No 200 bar, only magnitude-dependent stress drop
5 A08 Atkinson, 2008 Joyner-Boore distance 4.3–7.6 0.03–5, +PGA, PGV 0–200 2008 Vs30 a parameter Current USGS NSHMP (2008) Modified from getBooreNGA07m.f
6 A08p Atkinson and Boore, 2011 Joyner-Boore distance 5.0–8.0 0.03–5, +PGA, PGV 0–200 2009 Vs30 a parameter Modified from getAtk08ENA.f
7 C03 Campbell et al., 2003 Closest distance from the recording site to the ruptured area 5.0–8.2 0.01–4 0–1000 2003 Vs30 = 2800 m/s Current USGS NSHMP (2008) Hybrid empirical model
8 F96 Frankel et al., 1996 Closest distance from the recording site to the ruptured area 4.4–8.2 0.2, 0.3, 1.0, + PGA 10–1000 1996 Vs30 = 760 m/s Current USGS NSHMP (2008)/Proposed USGS NSHMP (2014) Single corner frequency
9 S01 Somerville et al., 2001 Joyner-Boore distance 6.0–7.5 0–4 ≤500 2001 Vs30 = 2830 m/s Current USGS NSHMP (2008)/Proposed USGS NSHMP (2014) Finite source model
10 SC02 Silva et al., 2002 Joyner-Boore distance 4.5–8.5 0.01–10, +PGA, PGV 1–400 2002 Hard Rock Proposed USGS NSHMP (2014) Single corner frequency
11 SD02 Silva et al., 2002 Joyner-Boore distance 4.5–8.5 0.01–10, +PGA, PGV 1–400 2002 Hard Rock Double corner frequency, saturated σ
12 SV02 Silva et al., 2002 Joyner-Boore distance 4.5–8.5 0.01–10, +PGA, PGV 1–400 2002 Hard Rock Single corner frequency variable Δσ
13 T02 Toro et al., 1997 Joyner-Boore distance 5.0–8.0 0.03–2, +PGA 1–1000 1997 Vs30 = 1830 m/s Current USGS NSHMP (2008)/Proposed USGS NSHMP (2014) Single corner frequency
14 TP05 Tavakoli and Pezeshk 2005 Closest distance from the recording site to the ruptured area 5.0–8.2 0.00–4 0–1000 2005 Class A, Vs30>=2000 m/s Current USGS NSHMP (2008)/Proposed USGS NSHMP (2014) Hybrid empirical model
15 PZT11 Modified Pezeshk, Tavakoli, and Zandieh, 2011 Closest distance from the recording site to the ruptured area 5.0–8.2 0.00–4 0–1000 2012 Class A, Vs30>=2000 m/s Proposed USGS NSHMP (2014) Hybrid empirical model
16 EPRI1 EPRI, 2004 Joyner-Boore distance 5.0–8.5 0.25–100 1–1000 2004 EPRI (2004) cluster 1 model Spectral single corner
17 EPRI2 EPRI, 2004 Joyner-Boore distance 5.0–8.5 0.25–100 1–1000 2004 EPRI (2004) cluster 2 model Spectral double corner
18 EPRI3 EPRI, 2004 Closest distance from the recording site to the ruptured area 5.0–8.5 0.25–100 1–1000 2004 EPRI (2004) cluster 3 model Hybrid empirical model
19 EPRI4 EPRI, 2004 Joyner-Boore distance 6.0–7.5 0.25–100 ≤500 2004 EPRI (2004) cluster 4 model Finite source model

* VS30 is the average shear wave velocity for the top 30 m of soil

† USGS NSHMP, U.S. Geological Survey National Seismic Hazard Mapping Project.

‡ CEUS, central and eastern United States; getBooreNGA07m.f and getAtk08ENA.f are Fortran subroutines that were modified from the codes obtained from Petersen et al. (2008).

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