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GMPE compendium by Dr John Douglas, seismic-hazard consultant, please contact me
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Ground motion prediction equations (GMPEs), also called ground-motion models
(GMMs) and attenuation relations, estimate the shaking (strong ground motion)
that may occur at a site if an earthquake of a certain magnitude occurs at a
nearby location. GMPEs are crucial for engineering seismology and earthquake
engineering (branches of civil engineering) as they are used to assess seismic
hazard, thereby providing estimates of the loading that a structure may undergo
during a future earthquake.

Details of models for the intensity measures (IMs) of peak ground acceleration
(PGA) and linear elastic response spectral ordinates (acceleration, velocity and
displacement) are provided. Also given are characteristics of models for: peak
ground velocity (PGV) and displacement (PGD), Arias intensity (AI), cumulative
absolute velocity (CAV), Fourier spectral amplitudes (FSA), maximum absolute
unit elastic input energy (IE), inelastic response spectral ordinates (ISO),
Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) seismic intensity, macroseismic intensity
(MI, intensity prediction equations), mean period (MP), relative significant
duration (RSD) and vertical-to-horizontal response spectral ratio (VH). The
focus is on empirical GMPEs (derived from recorded strong-motion data). Lists
are provided of simulation-based GMPEs and models derived in other ways (e.g.
hybrid and backbone). GMPEs for both natural (crustal and subduction) and
induced/triggered earthquakes are included. It provides a curated reading list
for ground-motion prediction.

Review articles based on this compendium were published in Earth-Science Reviews
in 2003 and 2016. Read a general review of ground-motion prediction.

Read a recent open-access article on "Ground-motion models for earthquakes
occurring in the United Kingdom"

Download the compendium in PDF (incomplete), or download an Excel spreadsheet of
the tables (old version). Last updated 2 April 2024

Please contact me if a model is missing, if you find an error or you have a
comment/suggestion. Thank you.



Download these figures and other introductory material (e.g. some nomograms) on
engineering seismology, with citable DOIs.

Watch various online talks on engineering seismology topics.

Download various GMPE-related datasets and the program CHEEP (Composite Hybrid
Equation Estimation Program), developed in 2006.

Play a simple earthquake early warning game developed for the H2020 TURNkey
project.


Ground motion prediction equations (1964-2023) is licensed under a Creative
Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.