The 2003, Mw 7.2 Fiordland earthquake, and its near-source aftershock strong motion data
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5459/bnzsee.37.3.139-145Abstract
The 2003 Fiordland earthquake was not only the best ever recorded subduction interface earthquake to occur in New Zealand, it also provided the opportunity to collect near-source strong-motion data produced by its aftershocks covering a wide magnitude range. Near source strong-motion data had been lacking in the New Zealand data set, on which current attenuation models are based. Here the author presents some preliminary results relating recorded peak ground accelerations in the near-source field to current attenuation models. The near-source data from the 2003 Fiordland earthquake sequence has shown that the observed data has a greater magnitude-dependence than that predicted by the current attenuation models. This new data will help to improve current models and will lead to a better understanding of the attenuation process associated with New Zealand subduction interface earthquakes.
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