The long-term measurement of strong-motion earthquakes offshore southern California
This paper describes a new long-life Seafloor Earthquake Measurement System (SEMS) and presents earthquake data obtained from the seafloor near an offshore oil production field. The SEMS is a battery-powered (8 year life) digital data acquisition system which telemeters data via a sonar link. Seafloor earthquake data from SEMS indicate that the seafloor vertical acceleration is nearly an order of magnitude weaker than the corresponding on-shore vertical motions. The importance of the SEMS measurements in designing earthquake-resistant offshore structures is also described. 13 refs., 6 figs., 1 tab.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/DP; DOI
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 7160677
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-89-2297C; CONF-900507-1; ON: DE90007071
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 22. offshore technology conference and exhibition (OTC-22), Houston, TX (USA), 7-10 May 1990
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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