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(A)(B)Station:CCCCSolid:AvgHorizDashed:VertStation:PRPCSolid:AvgHorizDashed:VertSpectral acc, Sa (g)10 -1Spectral acc, Sa (g)10 010 -110 -210 0 Period, T (s)04/09/201022/02/2011NZS1170.510 -1 10 0 10 110 -210 1 Period, T (s)04/09/201022/02/2011NZS1170.510 -1 10 0 10 1(C)(D)Station:RHSCSolid:AvgHorizDashed:VertStation:CACSSolid:AvgHorizDashed:VertSpectral acc, Sa (g)10 -1Spectral acc, Sa (g)10 -110 -210 0 Period, T (s)04/09/201022/02/2011NZS1170.510 -1 10 0 10 110 -210 0 Period, T (s)04/09/201022/02/2011NZS1170.510 -1 10 0 10 1(E)Station:HVSCSolid:AvgHorizDashed:Vert(F)Station:LPCCSolid:AvgHorizDashed:VertSpectral acc, Sa (g)10 010 -1Spectral acc, Sa (g)10 -110 -210 1 Period, T (s)04/09/201022/02/2011NZS1170.510 -1 10 0 10 110 -210 0 Period, T (s)04/09/201022/02/2011NZS1170.510 -1 10 0 10 1▲ ▲ Figure 13. Comparison of geometric mean horizontal and vertical pseudo-acceleration response spectra observed in the 22 FebruaryChristchurch and 4 September Darfield earthquakes at various strong-motion stations.(LPCC) was significantly above that expected, likely due tolow attenuation through the underlying volcanic rock. Notethat the Bradley (2010) model accounts for the hanging walleffect (Abrahamson and Somerville 1996), which is not overlysignificant as a result of the steep fault dip.COMPARISON WITH GROUND MOTIONSOBSERVED IN THE 2010 DARFIELD EARTHQUAKEAND DESIGN SPECTRAThe M w 6.3 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake wasthe second event in approximately six months to cause significantground motion shaking in Christchurch, having beenpreceded by the 4 September 2010 Darfield earthquake (NewZealand Society for Earthquake Engineeering 2010).Figure 13 illustrates the geometric mean horizontaland vertical pseudo-acceleration response spectra of groundmotions at various strong-motion stations in Christchurchresulting from both the Christchurch and Darfield earthquakes.It can be immediately seen that for the majority ofvibration periods of engineering interest the spectral amplitudesare larger for the Christchurch earthquake. The primaryexception to the above statement is the spectral amplitudes atlong vibration periods (i.e., T > 2 s) due to both the longer durationof shaking and forward directivity effects in the Darfieldearthquake. Strong long-period spectral ordinates associatedSeismological Research Letters Volume 82, Number 6 November/December 2011 863

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