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City of Bingöl in May 2003: Assessment of strong ground motion records

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The main shock of Bingöl earthquake (M W = 6.4) recorded by six accelerometers in the area occurred at 03:27 local time on May 1, 2003. The largest acceleration value of north–south component was recorded as 545.5 cm/s2 at the nearest station which it is 12 km away from the epicenter of earthquake. Especially, 0.15 s short period was observed when high spectral acceleration value occurred. An acceleration value greater than 50 gal was recorded at the BNG (Bingöl) station and structural damage occurred within 6.5 s was very important for the near source and strong ground motion seismology. The recorded peak acceleration values were greater than the estimated empirical acceleration values. However, the structural damage was not as high and widespread as expected. This occurrence was explained by considering the factors of earthquake source, frequency content, effective duration, effective acceleration value, local soil conditions, rupture direction and attenuation.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to extend their gratitude to Engin Çoruh for granting permission to use the software to evaluate the earthquake records and to Mustafa Gürbüz and Celal Çınar for field work contribution, and all of the Strong Ground Motion Working Group.

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  1. Prime Ministry, Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency, Earthquake Department, 06520, Ankara, Turkey

    U Çeken

  2. Department of Geophysical Engineering, Sakarya University, 54187, Sakarya, Turkey

    G Beyhan

  3. Department of Jewellery Engineering, Istanbul Commerce University, 34840, Istanbul, Turkey

    H H Selim

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Çeken, U., Beyhan, G. & Selim, H.H. City of Bingöl in May 2003: Assessment of strong ground motion records. J Earth Syst Sci 123, 381–394 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12040-013-0394-8

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