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Investigation of site amplification at Ocean Bottom stations in the Japan Trench area for earthquake early warning

Research Project

Project/Area Number 20K05055
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 25030:Disaster prevention engineering-related
Research InstitutionNational Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention

Principal Investigator

DHAKAL Yadab  国立研究開発法人防災科学技術研究所, 地震津波火山ネットワークセンター, 主任専門研究員 (60708890)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 山中 浩明  東京工業大学, 環境・社会理工学院, 教授 (00212291)
若井 淳  国立研究開発法人防災科学技術研究所, マルチハザードリスク評価研究部門, 特別研究員 (20869151)
Project Period (FY) 2020-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
KeywordsS-net / Site amplification / Japan Trench / Earthquake early warning / S waves / Quality factors / Ocean bottom seismograph / Nonlinear site response / Source spectra / Path factors / Earthquakes / Strong motion / Attenuation / Path attenuation / Strong motions / Strong motion prediction / Damaging earthquakes / K-NET/KiK-net / site amplification / ocean bottom / earthquake early warning
Outline of Research at the Start

The site conditions beneath the S-net are poorly known. We estimate site amplifications at the S-net stations with respect to rock sites on land using earthquake records. The results provide fundamental information on the site conditions in the source region of large subduction zone earthquakes.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We examined the ground-motion data from about 2,000 earthquakes recorded by all the 150 stations of S-net for magnitudes between about 4 and 7.5 that occurred in and around the Japan Trench area after the start of the network. One of the primary objectives was to obtain the site amplifications at the S-net observation sites due to the sedimentary layers lying over the hard base layer. The objective was achieved by careful selection of high-quality data and performing separation of source, path, and site factors of S waves in frequency domain. The obtained site amplification factors were clearly frequency dependent and also the values were moderately regionally distributed such as the values near the Trench in the landward and the ocean sides were different. The estimated magnitudes based on the source factors were very similar to the catalog values. These results were published in peer-reviewed journal and were recognized in academic community.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

The amplification factors estimated in this study will help to construct the underground model of the seafloor area, while these results can be incorporated to develop algorithms to estimate ground motion intensity at target sites on land for earthquake early warning.

Report

(5 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • 2020 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (25 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 Other

All Journal Article (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 5 results,  Open Access: 4 results) Presentation (18 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 7 results) Remarks (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Preliminary analysis of nonlinear site response at the S-net seafloor sites during three Mw 7 class earthquakes2023

    • Author(s)
      Dhakal Yadab P.、Kunugi Takashi
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Earth Science

      Volume: 11:1180289 Pages: 1-10

    • DOI

      10.3389/feart.2023.1180289

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Estimation of source, path, and site factors of S waves recorded at the S-net sites in the Japan Trench area using the spectral inversion technique2023

    • Author(s)
      Dhakal Yadab P.、Kunugi Takashi、Yamanaka Hiroaki、Wakai Atsushi、Aoi Shin、Nishizawa Azusa
    • Journal Title

      Earth, Planets and Space

      Volume: 75 Issue: 1

    • DOI

      10.1186/s40623-022-01756-6

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] An Evaluation of Strong-Motion Parameters at the S-net Ocean-Bottom Seismograph Sites Near the Kanto Basin for Earthquake Early Warning2021

    • Author(s)
      Dhakal Yadab P.、Kunugi Takashi
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Earth Science

      Volume: 9:699439 Pages: 1-16

    • DOI

      10.3389/feart.2021.699439

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Strong Motions on Land and Ocean Bottom: Comparison of Horizontal PGA, PGV, and 5% Damped Acceleration Response Spectra in Northeast Japan and the Japan Trench Area2021

    • Author(s)
      Dhakal Yadab P.、Kunugi Takashi、Suzuki Wataru、Kimura Takeshi、Morikawa Nobuyuki、Aoi Shin
    • Journal Title

      Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

      Volume: 111 Issue: 6 Pages: 3237-3260

    • DOI

      10.1785/0120200368

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Strong-Motions From Damaging Moderate Magnitude (5.9 >= Mw) Earthquakes in Japan Recorded by K-NET and KiK-net2021

    • Author(s)
      Dhakal Yadab P.
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Earth Science

      Volume: 9 Pages: 618400-618400

    • DOI

      10.3389/feart.2021.618400

    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Statistical analysis of source, path, and site spectra of S waves recorded at the S-net sites using spectral inversion technique2023

    • Author(s)
      Yadab P. Dhakal, Takashi Kunugi, Hiroaki Yamanaka, Atsushi Wakai, Shin Aoi, Azusa Nishizawa
    • Organizer
      28th General Assembly of International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Preliminary study of three-dimensional attenuation structure using S-net strong-motion data2023

    • Author(s)
      Yadab P. Dhakal, Ryoichi Nakamura, Takashi Kunugi, Shin Aoi
    • Organizer
      2023 Japan Geoscience Union Meeting (JpGU)
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Evaluation of nonlinear site response at the S-net seafloor sites in the Japan Trench area2022

    • Author(s)
      Dhakal, Y. P., and Kunugi T.
    • Organizer
      Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, Abstract S41C-05
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Simultaneous estimation of source, path, and site spectra from the S-net strong-motion records in the Japan Trench area2022

    • Author(s)
      Dhakal, Y.P., Kunugi T., Aoi, S., Yamanaka, H.
    • Organizer
      Annual Meeting, Seismological Society of Japan, Abstract ID S15P-02
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Investigation of site amplification at the S-net seafloor sites based on spectral inversion of S waves2022

    • Author(s)
      Dhakal, Y.P., Wakai A., Yamanaka H., Kunugi T., and Aoi S.
    • Organizer
      In summaries of technical papers of annual meeting, Architectural Institute of Japan, Paper ID 21051, p101-102
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Extraction of S-wave site amplification factors at the S-net sites based on the spectral inversion technique2022

    • Author(s)
      Dhakal, Y.P., Wakai A., Yamanaka H., Kunugi T., and Aoi S.
    • Organizer
      Japan Geoscience Union Meeting, Abstract ID SSS04-08
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Strong Motions on Land and Ocean Bottoms in and Around Kanto Basin From Two Nearby Moderate Earthquakes East Off the Chiba Prefecture2021

    • Author(s)
      Dhakal YP; Kunugi T
    • Organizer
      Seismological Society of America, Annual Meeting
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A comparison of horizontal and vertical peak accelerations and velocities recorded by S-net ocean-bottom seismographs in the Japan Trench area with the values recorded by stations on the ground in and around the Kanto Basin2021

    • Author(s)
      Dhakal YP; Kunugi T
    • Organizer
      American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Preliminary analysis of S-wave site amplification factors at the S-net sites2021

    • Author(s)
      Yadab P. Dhakal;Atsushi Wakai;Hiroaki Yamanaka;Takashi Kunugi;Shin Aoi
    • Organizer
      令和3年度東京大学地震研究所共同利用研究集会 固体地球科学的諸現象のリアルタイム監視予測システムと利活用
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Features of horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratios of ambient noises and earthquake motions at the S-net sites2021

    • Author(s)
      Yadab P. Dhakal, Atsushi Wakai, Hiroaki Yamanaka, Takashi Kunugi, Shin Aoi
    • Organizer
      Seismological Society of Japan, Fall Meeting
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Site characterization based on S-wave H/V spectral ratios at S-net sites in the Japan Trench area: first results2021

    • Author(s)
      Dhakal, Y.P, Wakai, A, Yamanaka, H, Kunugi, T, Aoi S
    • Organizer
      日本建築学会大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Preliminary comparison of strong-motion parameters at the land & ocean bottom sites for the 2021 Mw 7.1 Off Fukushima Prefecture earthquake2021

    • Author(s)
      Yadab P. Dhakal , Wataru Suzuki , Takashi Kunugi , Takeshi Kimura , Shin Aoi
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合2021年大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Threshold PGAs for inducing rotations of accelerometers at the S-net sites: a preliminary site-specific analysis2021

    • Author(s)
      Yadab P. Dhakal
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合2021年大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Strong Motions on Land and Ocean Bottoms in and Around Kanto Basin From Two Nearby Moderate Earthquakes East Off the Chiba Prefecture2021

    • Author(s)
      Dhakal YP; Kunugi T
    • Organizer
      Seismological Society of America, Annual Meeting, 2021
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] A comparison of absolute velocity response spectra (1- 10 s) at S-net ocean bottom sites in the Japan Trench area and land sites in northeast Japan for two strong earthquakes2020

    • Author(s)
      Dhakal YP; Wataru S; Kimura T; Kunugi T; Aoi S
    • Organizer
      American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Some features of strong-motions recorded by S-NET2020

    • Author(s)
      Dhakal YP; Kunugi T; Wataru S; Aoi S
    • Organizer
      Annual Meeting of Japan Association for Earthquake Engineering
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Comparison of PGA, PGV, and acceleration response spectra between the K-NET, KIK-net, and S-net strong-motion sites2020

    • Author(s)
      Dhakal YP; Kunugi T; Wataru S; Kimura T; Morikawa N; Aoi S
    • Organizer
      Annual Meeting of Seismological Society of Japan
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Comparison of PGA and PGV at the S-net and land stations for the 2016 Mw7 off Fukushima earthquake2020

    • Author(s)
      Dhakal YP; Wataru S; Kimura T; Kunugi T; Aoi S
    • Organizer
      JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting
    • Related Report
      2020 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Remarks] 日本海溝のS-net観測点で観測されたS波からスペクトルインバージョン法により推定した震源

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 、伝播経路及びサイト増幅特性

    • URL

      https://www.mowlas.bosai.go.jp/research/20230103/

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report

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Published: 2020-04-28   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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