Earthquakes and Seismotectonics of Taiwan: An Overview Yi-Ben Tsai Geosciences Department, Pacific...

Earthquakes and Seismotectonics of Taiwan: An Overview

Yi-Ben TsaiGeosciences Department, Pacific Gas and Electric Company,

San Francisco, USA

September 22, 2009

The Next Generation of Research on Earthquake-induced Landslides: An International Conference in Commemoration of 10th Anniversary of the Chi-Chi Earthquake, 2009

http://www.ncor.ntu.edu.tw/ODBS/depth/taidbmv6/2dshad/2dshad.html

Seismicity of Taiwan, 1990-2008(USGS)

(Wu et al., 2007)

Three-dimensional view of the relocated seismicity of Taiwan (1991-2005)

(Chang, 2000)

GPS velocity field and strain rate (1993-1999)▼ Dilatation and principal strain rate axes ▼ Interseismic velocity relative to S01R

(Yu et al., 2003)

1991.01.01-1999.9.21： 107 1999.9.21-2001.12.31： 401

(Chiang, 2005)

Active faults in Taiwan

Davidson (1903)

(Chen and Tsai, 2008)

Damaging earthquakes in Taiwan (1901-2000)

(http://www.cwb.gov.tw/)

(3276)

(2535)

(1275)

Area Total households Collapsed households Collapse rate

Fault zone 1,743 1,084 62.192%

East of fault zone 1,040 803 77.212%

West of fault zone 1,092 891 81.593%

Over all 3,875 2,778 71.690%

1935 Shih-tan fault

Area Population Death toll Fatality rate

Fault zone 10,380 196 1.888%

Over all 24,675 348 1.410%

1935 Shih-tan fault

Fault zone 3,220 1,889 58.665%

South of fault zone 1,094 505 46.161%

North of fault zone 5,814 1,655 28.466%

Over all 10,128 4,049 39.978%

1935 Tun-tze-chiao fault

Fault zone 22,075 1,292 5.853%

South of fault zone 7,694 140 1.820%

North of fault zone 38,589 402 1.042%

Over all 68,358 1,834 2.682%

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(Ouchi et al., 2001)

Collapsed unreinforced houses

Fault zone 59,971 8,719 14.539%

East of fault zone 28,124 8,271 29.409%

West of fault zone 85,830 8,348 9.726%

Over all 173,925 25,338 14.568%

Fault zone 226,227 543 0.240%

Over all 635,550 1,441 0.227%

Seismic Zoning Map (1974) Seismic Zoning Map (1982)

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upper s ta tions

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C H I-C H I Earthquake M w 7.6

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C losest d istance to rup ture surface (km )

C am pbell fo rm for PG A

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S ite c lass-E

upper s ta tions

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C am pbell form (1997)

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S ite class-B

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upper stations

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upper s tations

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Previous Data

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New Data

Attenuation Relationships for subduction zone earthqukes

Lin (2009)

Different focal mechanisms Different Vs30’s

New Generation of Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Maps for Taiwan:California as an Example

New Generation of Attenuation Relationships

Thank you for your attention

中央地質調查所資料

車籠埔斷層逆衝造成的破壞：豐原中正公園附近樓房傾斜

Collapse rate

Death rate

（內政部， 1997）（國家地震工程研究中心， 1999）

Seismic Zoning Map (1997) Seismic Zoning Map (1999)

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