Estimation of ground earthquake motions on the 2007 Noto Peninsula Earthquake and relationship between wooden structural damages and earthquake motions

Abstract

The characteristic of an earthquake motion which affects wooden structural damages can acquire much information by a network of seismic stations. However, only seismic intensity information may be acquired in many local resions. In order to evaluate earthquake damages, a more accumrate earthquake motion needs to be estimated. In this research, an earthquake motion is estimated by using the earthquake record and microtremors observation of the ground to presure an earthquake motion in the area of such limited information, and considers the relation with wooden structure damage. As a result, not only the relation between the strength of an earthquake motion and damage but the relation between an earthquake motion and the damage by resonance of a structure was clarified by using the estimated earthquake motion.