Selected Research Articles and Highlights
Development of a Moment Magnitude Based Earthquake Catalog for the Northeastern U.S.
Ebel, J.E. and D. J. Wald (2003). Bayesian Estimations of Peak Ground Acceleration and "5%" Damped Spectral Acceleration from Modified Mercalli Intensity Data, Earthquake Spectra., v. 19, no. 3, 511-529.
This figure shows the estimated peak ground accelerations from MMI data (from WEGE et al., 1976) of the 1727 Newbury Massachusetts earthquake. In parentheses are the +1 and -1 standard deviation
values of the estimated peak
ground acceleration calculate
d using the method outlined by the study.