APPENDIX A

Table A1. Earthquake scenarios for the finite fault simulations

Magnitude Area (km2 ) Width (km) Length (km) Dip Top of rupture (km)
6 100 10 10 20 0
6 100 10 10 30 0
6 100 10 10 45 0
6 100 10 10 60 0
6 100 10 10 70 0
6.5 324 18 18 20 0
6.5 324 18 18 30 0
6.5 324 18 18 45 0
6.5 324 18 18 60 0
6.5 324 18 18 70 0
7 1,000 25 40 20 0
7 1,000 25 40 30 0
7 1,012 23 44 45 0
7 1,000 25 40 45 0
7 1,000 20 50 60 0
7 1,000 25 40 60 0
7 1,000 25 40 70 0
7.5 3,200 32 100 20 0
7.5 3,200 32 100 30 0
7.5 3,150 25 126 45 0
7.5 3,200 32 100 45 0
7.5 3,000 20 150 60 0
7.5 3,200 32 100 60 0
7.5 3,200 32 100 70 0
7.8 4,500 25 180 45 0
7.8 4,500 20 200 60 0
6 100 10 10 20 5
6 100 10 10 30 5
6 100 10 10 45 5
6 100 10 10 60 5
6.5 324 18 18 20 5
6.5 324 18 18 30 5
6.5 324 18 18 45 5
6.5 324 18 18 60 5

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Table A2. The Loma-Prieta region 1-D velocity profile used for the
simulations

Thickness (km) V P (kms) V S (kms) Density (gcm3 )

0.002 1.7 0.45 2
0.004 1.8 0.65 2.1
0.006 1.8 0.85 2.1
0.008 1.9 0.95 2.1
0.01 2 1.15 2.2
0.07 2.4 1.2 2.2
0.1 2.6 1.3 2.4
0.3 3 1.4 2.45
0.5 3.6 1.95 2.55
0.5 4.4 2.5 2.6
1 4.8 2.8 2.6
1 5.25 3.1 2.62
1.5 5.5 3.25 2.65
2 5.6 3.35 2.7
2 5.75 3.45 2.72
8 6.1 3.6 2.75
8 6.5 3.8 3
7.8 4.4 3.3

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Table A3. Coefficients for the hanging wall term (Equation 5) given for representative
periods. Standard errors of the coefficients are given in parentheses

h4
Period (s) a1 a2 h1 h2 h3 (fixed) h5 h6
PGA 0.55449 0.1668 0.24115 1.47396 0.71512 1 0.3368 0.2702
(0.021) (0.055) (0.038) (0.16) (0.15) (0.071) (0.066)
0.01 0.55609 0.1682 0.24249 1.47123 0.71372 1 0.3363 0.27
(0.021) (0.055) (0.038) (0.16) (0.15) (0.071) (0.066)
0.02 0.55986 0.1661 0.24424 1.46701 0.71125 1 0.3392 0.2626
(0.021) (0.054) (0.038) (0.16) (0.15) (0.071) (0.067)
0.05 0.57565 0.1732 0.25112 1.44948 0.7006 1 0.3383 0.2628
(0.022) (0.055) (0.037) (0.16) (0.14) (0.068) (0.064)
0.1 0.5833 0.1742 0.25889 1.44892 0.70781 1 0.391 0.2008
(0.019) (0.048) (0.037) (0.16) (0.14) (0.075) (0.070)
0.2 0.53452 0.2044 0.23676 1.48425 0.72101 1 0.3931 0.198
(0.020) (0.056) (0.038) (0.16) (0.15) (0.069) (0.065)
0.3 0.51638 0.1638 0.20967 1.58558 0.79524 1 0.4469 0.1209
(0.018) (0.051) (0.039) (0.17) (0.15) (0.078) (0.073)
0.4 0.50332 0.16 0.22565 1.54436 0.77001 1 0.5253 0.0862
(0.018) (0.053) (0.039) (0.17) (0.15) (0.077) (0.072)
0.5 0.46858 0.1838 0.21662 1.55383 0.77045 1 0.4073 0.2805
(0.017) (0.054) (0.039) (0.17) (0.15) (0.083) (0.077)
0.6 0.43819 0.2144 0.19664 1.55895 0.75559 1 0.4945 0.1355
(0.017) (0.059) (0.040) (0.17) (0.16) (0.079) (0.074)

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