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The European-Mediterranean Distributed Accelerometric Data-Base

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Earthquake Data in Engineering Seismology

Part of the book series: Geotechnical, Geological, and Earthquake Engineering ((GGEE,volume 14))

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We created an archive for European acceleration data, based on distributed database of accelerogram waveforms, accessed through the new European Earthquake Data Portal (http://www.seismicportal.eu). Data are open to the scientific and engineering community. Currently the 6 core partners contribute data from 1,379 earthquakes with magnitudes ranging from M1.0 to M7.4. Strong Motion Data are available with epicentral distances up to 1,000 km. Additionally, agencies are encouraged to contribute data. Waveforms included in the database are uniformly processed to create a set of engineering parameters that are used to search the database. In addition to the database, we compiled a survey of the existing accelerometric stations in the Euro-Med iterranean region. We expect this platform to be the basis for growing sharing of European Strong Motion Data in an open environment, in as near to real-time as is possible from network operators.

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This paper has been partially supported by EC Project NERIES , Sixth Framework Programme, Contract number: RII3-CT-2006-026130. Special thanks are due to all author’s Institutions for financial contributions and to Torild Van Eck for reviewing the manuscript.

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  1. Institut Geològic de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

    A. Roca, X. Goula & T. Susagna

  2. Laboratoire de Géophysique, Interne et Tectonophysique – Université de Grenoble, Grenoble, France

    P. Guéguen

  3. European Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC), 91297, Arpajon, Cedex, France

    S. Godey

  4. LGIT/CNRS/LCPC – Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble, France

    C. Péquegnat

  5. Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal

    C.S. Oliveira

  6. Swiss Seismological Service (SED – ETHZ), Sonneggstrasse 5, 8092, Zürich, Switzerland

    J. Clinton

  7. Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland

    J. Clinton

  8. Institute of Engineering, Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Thessaloniki, Greece

    C. Pappaioanou

  9. Department of Earthquake Engineering, Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Istanbul, Turkey

    C. Zülfikar

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  1. Dept. Civil Engineering &, Earthquake Engineering Research Center, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, 06531, Turkey

    Sinan Akkar

  2. Earthquake Engineering Research Center, Department of Civil Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, 06531, Turkey

    Polat Gülkan

  3. ORFEUS c/o Seismology Division, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institu, De Bilt, 3730 AE, Netherlands

    Torild van Eck

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Roca, A. et al. (2011). The European-Mediterranean Distributed Accelerometric Data-Base. In: Akkar, S., Gülkan, P., van Eck, T. (eds) Earthquake Data in Engineering Seismology. Geotechnical, Geological, and Earthquake Engineering, vol 14. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0152-6_9

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