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CHAPTER 22 SEISMIC GROUND MOTION AND

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4  Contained in this chapter are Figures 22-1 through 22-8, which map the risk-targeted maximum
5  considered earthquake (MCER) spectral response acceleration parameters, SMS and SM1, for default site
6  conditions, based on the most critical spectral response acceleration of Site Classes C, CD, and D; Figures

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9  which map the long-period transition period parameter, TL. In accordance with Section 11.4.3, SMS and SM1
10  values for Site Classes A, B, BC, C, CD, D, DE, and E—as well as values of the MCER spectral response
11  acceleration parameters, SS and S1, (for Site Class BC)—are contained in the USGS Seismic Design
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15  These maps and the USGS Seismic Design Geodatabase were prepared by the US Geological Survey in
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17  ASCE 7 Seismic Subcommittee and have been updated for this standard.

18  Maps of TL for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands and for American Samoa are not provided
19  because this parameter has not been developed for those islands via the same deaggregation computations
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22  The following is a list of the maps contained in this chapter:

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23  Figure 22-1 SMS for the Default Site Conditions, for the Conterminous United States

24  Figure 22-2 SM1 for the Default Site Conditions, for the Conterminous United States

25  Figure 22-3 SMS for the Default Site Conditions, for Alaska

26  Figure 22-4 SM1 for the Default Site Conditions, for Alaska

27  Figure 22-5 SMS and SM1 for the Default Site Conditions, for Hawaii

28  Figure 22-6 SMS and SM1 for the Default Site Conditions, for Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin
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2  Figure 22-8 SMS and SM1 for the Default Site Conditions, for American Samoa

3  Figure 22-9 PGAM for the Default Site Conditions, for the conterminous United States

4  Figure 22-10 PGAM for the Default Site Conditions, for Alaska

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6  Figure 22-12 PGAM for the Default Site Conditions, for Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands

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10  Figure 22-15 TL for Alaska

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13  REFERENCES

ASCE. (2010). Minimum design loads for buildings and other structures, ASCE/SEI 7-10, ASCE ,
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15  Reston, VA: ASCE.

16  Building Seismic Safety Council. (2009). NEHRP recommended seismic provisions for new buildings
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17  and other structures. FEMA P-750/2009 Ed., Federal Emergency Management Agency, Washington, DC.
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18  Huang, Y.-N., Whittaker, A. S., and Luco, N. (2008). “Maximum spectral demands in the near-fault
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19  region.” Earthquake Spectra 24(1)319-341.

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20  Klein, F., Frankel, A. D., Mueller, C. S., Wesson, R. L., and Okubo, P. (2001). Seismic hazard in Hawaii:
21  High rate of large earthquakes and probabilistic ground-motion maps, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 91, 479–
22  498.

23  Luco, N., Ellingwood, B. R., Hamburger, R. O., Hooper, J. D., Kimball, J. K., and Kircher, C. A. (2007).
24  “Risk-targeted versus current seismic design maps for the conterminous United States.” In Proc.
25  Structural Eng. Assn. CA, 163-175.

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 1  Mueller, C. S., Frankel, A. D., Petersen, M. D., and Leyendecker, E. V. (2003). Documentation for the
2  2003 USGS seismic hazard maps for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. U.S. Geological Survey
3  Open-File Report 03-379. USGS, Reston, VA.

4  Mueller, C. S., Haller, K. M., Luco, N., Petersen, M. D., and Frankel, A. D. (2012). “Seismic hazard
5  assessment for Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands.” U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-

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6  1015, USGS, Reston, VA.

7  Petersen, M. D., Harmsen, S. C., Rukstales, K. S., Mueller, C. S., McNamara, D. E., Luco, N. et al

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8  (2012). “Seismic hazard of American Samoa and neighboring South Pacific Islands: Data, methods,

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9  parameters, and results.” U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2012-1087. USGS, Reston, VA.

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10  Petersen, M. D., Moschetti, M. P., Powers, P. M., Mueller, C. S., Haller, K. M., Frankel, A. D. et al
11  (2014). “Documentation for the 2014 update of the U.S. national seismic hazard maps.” U.S. Geological
12  Survey Open-File Report, 2014-1091. USGS, Reston, VA.
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13  Wesson, R. L., Boyd, O. S., Mueller, C. S., Bufe, C. G., Frankel, A. D., Petersen, M. D. (2007). “Revision
14  of time-independent probabilistic seismic hazard maps for Alaska.” U.S. Geological Survey Open-File
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15  Report 2007-1043. USGS, Reston, VA.

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5  22.1 CONSENSUS STANDARDS AND OTHER

6  REFERENCED DOCUMENTS
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