Acelerogramas y espectros inferidos del terremoto 1998 (mw 7,2), Bahía de Caráquez, Ecuador

Roberto Aguiar; Enrique Morales; Kervin Chunga; Evelyn Iza; Fernando Del Castillo

Authors

Roberto Aguiar, Dr. Universidad de Fuerzas Armadas, Ecuador
Enrique Morales, Msc. University of New York at Buffalo, United States
Kervin Chunga, Msc. Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Ecuador
Evelyn Iza Universidad de Fuerzas Armadas , Ecuador
Fernando Del Castillo, Msc. Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de Manabí, Manta Ecuador

Keywords:

interplate earthquakes, seismogenic structures, scaling of seismic spectrum

Abstract

Accelerograms data of earthquakes with magnitudes Mw≥7 are not yet registered for the coast of Ecuador. The seismological network in this country, which started its operation in 1988, has only registered a strong earthquake: The Bay of Caráquez of August 4, 1998 (Mw 7.2). Bahia de Caraquez is located in the province of Manabi, and accelerometers available in the region did not track as appropriate this earthquake, it only has a record obtained in Guayaquil, which is approximately 250 km from the epicenter, but no data near-field record are available. Consequently, research whose results are reported in this article has been applied to inter-plate tectonic low angle model type "Thrust", delineating the displacement fault plane, which has led to identified the earthquake response spectrum. In this research also has been used as a reference, earthquakes with tectonic scenario similar to those of the central coast of Ecuador, ranging from short periods, applying the model of weighted averages, which subsequently subduction earthquakes were scaled in the continental Peruvian margin 1966 (Mw 8.1), 1970 (Mw 7.9), 1974 (Mw 8.0) and 2007 (Mw 7.9). In this sense, we want to know the methodology and be able to scale earthquakes of similar magnitudes with an equation of strong motions for “Thrust” type inter-plate sources.

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Author Biographies

Roberto Aguiar, Dr., Universidad de Fuerzas Armadas, Ecuador

Ecuatoriano. Universidad de Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra y la Construcción, Centro de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Sísmica Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de Manabí, Manta Ecuador Av. Gral. Rumiñahui s/n. Valle de los Chillos, P.O.BOX: 171-5-231B, Sangolquí, Ecuador

Enrique Morales, Msc., University of New York at Buffalo, United States

Ecuatoriano. Estudiante de Doctorado. University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Civil, Structural

Kervin Chunga, Msc., Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Ecuador

Ecuatoriano. Profesor Principal. Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, ESPOL. Guayaquil, Ecuador Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Facultad de Ingeniería en Ciencias de la Tierra, Campus Gustavo Galindo Km 30,5 Vía Perimetral, P.O. Box 09-01-5863, Guayaquil, Ecuador

Evelyn Iza, Universidad de Fuerzas Armadas , Ecuador

Ecuatoriana. Estudiante de Pregrado. Universidad de Fuerzas Armadas ESPE, Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra y la Construcción

Fernando Del Castillo, Msc., Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de Manabí, Manta Ecuador

Ecuatoriano. Profesor-Investigador. Centro de Investigaciones en Ingeniería Sísmica Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de Manabí, Manta Ecuador

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Accelerograms and inferred response spectra, 1998 Bahia of Caráquez earthquake, mw 7,2, Ecuador’s Central Coast.