A current research project involved development of an energy-based motion predition model for incorporation into probabilistic seismic hazard analyses, and an examination of the utility of probabilistically defined scenario earthquakes for design ground motion selections. The VTSN currently consists of nine telemetered short-period, digital stations in Virginia and West Virginia. Computer facilites for seismic data analysis include several Sun Sparcstations. In addition, we have a comprehensive catalog of historical and instrumentally detected earthquakes for the southeastern United States region, and a large collection of digital strong motion recordings. A recent example is a M.S. thesis examinig the effects of the characteristic earthquake model for probalistic hazard estimates in the Charleston, South Carolina area.
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