• Peak ground acceleration (PGA) is equal to the maximum ground acceleration that occurred during earthquake shaking at a location. PGA is equal to the amplitude...
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    Euthanasia Coaster Gravitational acceleration Gravitational interaction Hypergravity Load factor (aeronautics) Peak ground acceleration – g-force of earthquakes...
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    the value, the more intense the shaking. Values are derived from peak ground acceleration and duration of the shaking, which are themselves influenced by...
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  • estimating the peak ground acceleration of the shock based on visually evaluating precarious rock formations and other indicators. Ground disturbances that...
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    stage: released. The accelerations recorded by a dense smartphone network can be used to produce high resolution peak ground acceleration maps for the detected...
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  • similar to ground motion-prediction equations for the estimation of instrumental strong-motion parameters such as peak ground acceleration. A summary...
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    Italian territory is characterized by a precise ground acceleration value (Peak Ground Acceleration) as a function of a return time (ie a probabilistic...
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  • parts of the world: Earthquake engineering Peak ground acceleration Seismic performance Spectral acceleration Bormann, Wendt & Di Giacomo 2013, §3.1.2.1...
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    simple peak ground velocity (PGV) provides the best correlation with damage. PGV merely expresses the peak of the first integration of the acceleration record...
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    structures included. Some maps released by the USGS are shown with peak ground acceleration with a 10% probability of exceedance in 50 years, measured in Metre...
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