Research Article

Application of Hilbert-Huang Transform in Generating Spectrum-Compatible Earthquake Time Histories

Table 2

Results of seismic hazard deaggregation.

Location Motion periods Seismicity Hypocentral distance Moment magnitude

Quebec City 𝑠 (0.2 sec)* 0.56 g 41 km 6.1
𝑠 (1.0 sec)*0.14 g100 km7.1
La Malbaie 𝑠 (0.2 sec)* 2.30 g 20 km 6.9
𝑠 (1.0 sec)*0.57 g22 km7.1
New York City 𝑠 (0.2 sec)* 0.423 g 37.7 km 5.79
𝑠 (1.0 sec)*0.0934 g102.4 km6.39
Chicago 𝑠 (0.2 sec)* 0.184 g 85.1 km 5.60
𝑠 (1.0 sec)*0.065 g357.6 km7.11
ENA sites Short Moderate 0–50 km 5.5–6.5
LongModerate20–150 km6.5–7.5

* 𝑠 ( 𝑇 ) is the uniform hazard spectral acceleration at vibration period 𝑇 .