Seismic acceleration in the near area of the «Akkuyu» NPP site (Turkey) caused by strong regional earthquakes

O.I. Aptikaeva1, S.F. Aptikaev2

1 Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

2 JSC «Atomenergoproekt», Moscow, Russia

Corresponding author: O.I. Aptikaeva, e-mail: aptikaevaoi@mail.ru

Abstract

The paper presents results of studying the attenuation of ground accelerations from earthquakes of Turkey with magnitudes MS=2.5-7.0 at distance up to 1000 km from the «Akkuyu» NPP site. It is shown that for estimation of the seismic effect of earthquakes from the seismically active zones of Turkey it is acceptable to use the empirical relationship obtained by F.F. Aptikaev. It is shown also that the results on moderate earthquakes analysis can be extrapolated to an earthquake with the maximum possible magnitude and used to estimate the maximum seismic effect in the area of the «Akkuyu» NPP site.

Keywords: strong ground motions, seismic acceleration, ground motion prediction equations

About the authors

Aptikaeva Olga Ivanovna – Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Leading Researcher, Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 123241, Moscow, ul. Bolshaya Gruzinskaya, 10, bld. 1. Tel .: +7 (499) 254-24-05. E-mail: aptikaevaoi@mail.ru

Aptikaev Sergey Feliksovich – Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Chief Specialist, Atomenergoproekt JSC. 105005, Moscow, st. Bakuninskaya, 7, bld. 1. Tel. +7 (495) 315-91-01. E-mail: aptikaev_sf@aep.ru

Cite this article as: Aptikaeva O.I., Aptikaev S.F. Seismic acceleration in the near area of the «Akkuyu» NPP site (Turkey) caused by strong regional earthquakes, Voprosy Inzhenernoi Seismologii (Problems of Engineering Seismology), 2018, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 15–26 [in Russian]. DOI: 10.21455/VIS2018.3-2

English translation of the article will be published in Seismic Instruments, ISSN: 0747-9239 (Print) 1934-7871 (Online), https://link.springer.com/journal/11990), 2019, Volume 55, Issue 3.