NEHRP Clearinghouse
- Title
- Western Hemisphere Strong-Motion Accelerograph Station List, 1976.
- File
- PB81103806.pdf
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., May 1977, 120 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- OPEN FILE-77-374
- Abstract
- This list contains information on strong-motion stations installed in the Western Hemisphere for which there is some data in the files of the U.S. Geological Survey. It is intended to provide an indication of the status of the networks as of March 1977. The numbering of the stations is based on their regional locations. Stations are arranged by country, north to south, by states in the section for the United States, and then alphabetically by station name. The station name is that which is believed to be the most commonly used name. Prominent facilities, such as dams, pumping plants, and reservoirs, are listed under the name of the facility. Buildings are listed under the city in which they are located and then either under the name of the building or the street address. All names that have been used on past records are cross-referenced to presently used names. The practice of numbering only the instrument station has replaced the former practice of numbering each individual instrument location. Only one number is assigned to a structure such as a building, bridge, or dam although there may be several instruments or many acceleration sensors installed at various locations in and near the structure. The brief site descriptions represent an interpretation of the conditions at each station based on data presently in the stations files.
- Keywords
- Position (Location); Geology; Earthquake engineering; Seismological stations; Accelerometers; Earthquakes