The Role of Local Soil-Induced Amplification in the 27 July 1980 Northeastern Kentucky Earthquake

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Research Article| November 01, 2008 The Role of Local Soil-Induced Amplification in the 27 July 1980 Northeastern Kentucky Earthquake EDWARD W. WOOLERY; EDWARD W. WOOLERY 1Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Research Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0053 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar TING-LI LIN; TING-LI LIN 1Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Research Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0053 1 Present Address: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar ZHENMING WANG; ZHENMING WANG 2Kentucky Geological Survey, 228 Mining and Mineral Resources Building, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0107 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar BAOPING SHI BAOPING SHI 2Kentucky Geological Survey, 228 Mining and Mineral Resources Building, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0107 2 Present Address: School of Earth Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information EDWARD W. WOOLERY 1Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Research Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0053 TING-LI LIN 1 Present Address: Department of Earth Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN. 1Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kentucky, 101 Slone Research Building, Lexington, KY 40506-0053 ZHENMING WANG 2Kentucky Geological Survey, 228 Mining and Mineral Resources Building, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0107 BAOPING SHI 2 Present Address: School of Earth Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, People's Republic of China. 2Kentucky Geological Survey, 228 Mining and Mineral Resources Building, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40506-0107 Publisher: Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1558-9161 Print ISSN: 1078-7275 © 2008 Association of Engineering Geologists Environmental & Engineering Geoscience (2008) 14 (4): 267–280. https://doi.org/10.2113/gseegeosci.14.4.267 Article history First Online: 02 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Permissions Search Site Citation EDWARD W. WOOLERY, TING-LI LIN, ZHENMING WANG, BAOPING SHI; The Role of Local Soil-Induced Amplification in the 27 July 1980 Northeastern Kentucky Earthquake. Environmental & Engineering Geoscience 2008;; 14 (4): 267–280. doi: https://doi.org/10.2113/gseegeosci.14.4.267 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietyEnvironmental & Engineering Geoscience Search Advanced Search Abstract Amplification of earthquake ground motions by near-surface soil deposits was believed to have occurred in Maysville, Kentucky, U.S.A. during the northeast Kentucky (Sharpsburg) earthquake (mb,Lg 5.3) of July 27, 1980. The city of Maysville, founded on approximately 30 m of Late Quaternary Ohio River flood plain alluvium, was 52 km from the epicenter, but experienced equivalent or higher Modified Mercalli Intensity (MMI) VII, compared with the epicentral area of the earthquake (i.e., MMI VI-VII). In this study, dynamic soil properties were obtained at 10 sites in Maysville using seismic P-wave and S-wave (SH-mode) refraction and reflection methods. Synthetically generated composite time histories and limited geotechnical information, along with the measured dynamic properties, were used to perform one-dimensional linear-equivalent amplification analyses. The results indicated the soils generated ground-motion amplification factors between 3.0 and 6.0 and at a frequency range between 2.0 and 5.0 Hz (0.2 to 0.5 s). The building damage in Maysville from the Sharpsburg earthquake was predominantly found in one- to three-story masonry structures. The estimated fundamental period for one- to three-story masonry buildings is approximately 0.11 to 0.26 s (3.8 to 9 Hz). These correlations suggest the elevated ground motion intensity in Maysville can be accounted for by near-surface soil-amplification effects and resonance of the ground motion by the buildings (i.e., double resonance). You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.