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Stochastic finite-fault modeling of M w 5.4 earthquake along Uttarakhand–Nepal border

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In this work, an attempt has been made to simulate strong ground motion of M w 5.4 earthquake in Kumaun region of Uttarakhand. The simulation is based on modified stochastic finite modeling technique with dynamic corner frequency (Motazedian and Atkinson in Bull Seismol Soc Am 95:995–1010, 2005). Ground motion is simulated for 24 sites, where a magnitude 5.4 earthquake was recorded. Synthesized ground motion is found in close agreement with recorded ones, when compared in terms of main characteristics such as peak ground acceleration (PGA), Fourier spectra, response spectra and duration. Decay of PGA values with distance is almost same as that of observed ones. Successful modeling of present earthquake gives the confidence to understand and quantify seismic hazard of different parts of Uttarakhand from earthquakes of different magnitudes.

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Acknowledgments

The authors are profusely thankful to Ministry of earth science (MoES) and Department of Science and Technology (DST) are highly acknowledged for funding all projects under which data were collected. Authors are really thankful to Prof. Dariush Motazedian for providing EXSIM Code. We are also very thankful to editor-in-chief, for his valuable revisions and comments, which helped us to clarify and improve this paper. Comments from two anonymous reviewers helped in improving manuscript.

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    Himanshu Mittal

  2. Department of Earthquake Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, 247667, India

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Mittal, H., Kumar, A. Stochastic finite-fault modeling of M w 5.4 earthquake along Uttarakhand–Nepal border. Nat Hazards 75, 1145–1166 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-014-1367-1

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