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Peak Ground Acceleration

Peak Ground Acceleration is a ground motion intensity metric, defined as the maximum absolute value of acceleration recorded during an earthquake, used to characterize the amplitude of strong ground shaking in engineering seismology and seismic risk analysis.

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Engineering seismic risk analysis

C. Allin Cornell · Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America · 1968 · 3.8K citations

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Ground‐Motion Prediction Equations for the Average Horizontal Component of PGA, PGV, and 5%‐Damped PSA at Spectral Periods between 0.01 <i>s</i> and 10.0 <i>s</i>

David M. Boore, Gail M. Atkinson · Earthquake Spectra · 2008 · 1.6K citations

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An NGA Model for the Average Horizontal Component of Peak Ground Motion and Response Spectra

BrianS-J. Chiou, Robert Youngs · Earthquake Spectra · 2008 · 1.2K citations

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Equations for Estimating Horizontal Response Spectra and Peak Acceleration from Western North American Earthquakes: A Summary of Recent Work

D. M. Boore, William B. Joyner, T. E. Fumal · Seismological Research Letters · 1997 · 1.1K citations

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Relationships between Peak Ground Acceleration, Peak Ground Velocity, and Modified Mercalli Intensity in California

David J. Wald, Vincent Quitoriano, Thomas H. Heaton et al. · Earthquake Spectra · 1999 · 875 citations

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    David M. Boore

    United States Geological Survey, United States

    15 publications · 3.1K citations

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  2. KW
    Kenneth W. Campbell

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    16 publications · 2.2K citations

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    Norman Abrahamson

    University of California, Berkeley, United States

    15 publications · 806 citations

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  4. KW
    Kuo‐Liang Wen

    National Central University, Taiwan

    11 publications · 360 citations

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    Gail M. Atkinson

    Western University, Canada

    11 publications · 3.1K citations

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  1. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    44 h-index

    172 publications

    22.5K citations

  2. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

    Rome, Italy

    25 h-index

    107 publications

    7.1K citations

  3. China Earthquake Administration

    Beijing, China

    19 h-index

    90 publications

    3.2K citations

  4. California Institute of Technology

    Pasadena, United States

    18 h-index

    51 publications

    7.8K citations

  5. Imperial College London

    London, United Kingdom

    17 h-index

    33 publications

    5.2K citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    17 h-index

    46 publications

    3.5K citations

  7. National Taiwan University

    Taipei, Taiwan

    17 h-index

    42 publications

    1.5K citations

  8. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    16 h-index

    30 publications

    2.9K citations

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  1. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

    BSSA · 277 publications · 22.2K citations

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  2. Earthquake Spectra

    104 publications · 8.6K citations

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  3. Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics

    90 publications · 7.5K citations

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  4. Journal of Earthquake Engineering

    JEE · 52 publications · 2.5K citations

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