March 2017 Chapter Meeting
When: March 23, 2017 | 6 PM
Where: Kleinfelder, 2882 Prospect Park Dr. Suite 200, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670
Earthquake Strong Motion – Measurement to Analysis
Speaker: Anthony Shakal, PhD | California Strong Motion Instrumentation Program | California Geological Survey
The measurement of strong shaking during damaging earthquakes is critical to the improvement of structural resilience and to guiding post-earthquake emergency response. The CGS Strong Motion Instrumentation Program measures the strong motion of buildings, bridges, dams and ground response sites. CSMIP has developed an extensive network of 1300 stations, beginning after the damaging 1971 San Fernando earthquake, which includes 230 well-instrumented buildings (70 are hospitals), 80 bridges and 900 ground response stations (35 are downhole geotechnical arrays). Read more