Site Conditions Affecting Earthquake Loss Estimates for New York City: New York City Consortium for Earthquake Loss Mitigation (NYCEM)

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Figure 1: Trial version of a bedrock elevation map of Manhattan
Figure 2: Shear velocity versus Standard Penetration Test blowcount and depth
Figure 3: Shear wave velocity as a function of depth
Figure 4: NEHRP site classes from based on V₁₀₀ from NYC DDC boring files
Figure 5: NEHRP site classes for borings to bedrock with no soil information
Figure 6: NEHRP site classes in lower Manhattan for all borings
Figure 7: NEHRP site classes assigned to individual census tracts
Figure 8: Ground motion for a scenario earthquake with magnitude Mw=6.0
Figure 9: Ground motion S_a(0.3s) for M=6 scenario for default site class D
Figure 10: Ground motion S_a(0.3s) for M=6 scenario with variable site classes
Figure 11: Building-Related Economic Losses S of 59th Street for M=6
Figure 12: Motions, $-Losses and Loss Ratio vs. Mw for default soils D
Figure 13: Motions, $-Losses and Loss Ratio vs. Mw for variable site classes
Figure 14: Ratio of HAZUS results for modified vs. default site class D


	Figure 6: NEHRP site classes in lower Manhattan for borings with soil information from NYC DDC files (stars), and older borings with only depth to bedrock information (squares).

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