List of international earthquake acceleration coefficients

List of international earthquake acceleration coefficients

List of international earthquake acceleration coefficients. A list of earthquake coefficients used in structural design around the world. For example, a coefficient of 0.09 indicates that a building is designed so that 0.09 of its weight can be applied horizontally during an earthquake.

Australia

From Australian Standard 1170.4. Coeffiecients are based on 10% chance exceedence in 50 years.
*Adelaide - 0.10
*Brisbane - 0.06
*Hobart - 0.05
*Melbourne - 0.08
*Perth - 0.09
*Sydney - 0.08Note: Meckering, Western Australia, has the largest coefficient in Australia of 0.22.

ee also

*Earthquake construction


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