| Title | Fourth generation seismic hazard maps of Canada: Maps and grid values to be used with the 2005 National Building Code of Canada |
| Download | Downloads |
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| Licence | Please note the adoption of the Open Government Licence - Canada
supersedes any previous licences. |
| Author | Halchuk, S; Adams, J |
| Source | Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5813, 2008, 32 pages; 1 CD-ROM, https://doi.org/10.4095/225402  Open Access |
| Year | 2008 |
| Publisher | Natural Resources Canada |
| Document | open file |
| Lang. | English |
| Media | CD-ROM; digital; on-line |
| Related | This publication supercedes the following
publications |
| File format | readme
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| File format | pdf (Adobe® Reader®); txt |
| Province | Canada; Alberta; British Columbia; Eastern offshore region; Manitoba; New Brunswick; Newfoundland and Labrador; Northern offshore region; Northwest Territories; Nova Scotia; Nunavut; Offshore region;
Ontario; Prince Edward Island; Quebec; Saskatchewan; Western offshore region; Yukon |
| NTS | 1; 2; 3; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; 26; 27; 28; 29; 30; 31; 32; 33; 34; 35; 36; 37; 38; 39; 40; 41; 42; 43; 44; 45; 46; 47; 48; 49; 52; 53; 54; 55; 56; 57; 58; 59; 62; 63; 64; 65;
66; 67; 68; 69; 72; 73; 74; 75; 76; 77; 78; 79; 82; 83; 84; 85; 86; 87; 88; 89; 92; 93; 94; 95; 96; 97; 98; 99; 102; 103; 104; 105; 106; 107; 114O; 114P; 115; 116; 117; 120; 340; 560 |
| Lat/Long WENS | -141.0000 -50.0000 90.0000 41.7500 |
| Subjects | geophysics; environmental geology; seismic interpretations; seismic risk; seismicity; earthquake risk; earthquakes; seismic zones; earthquake studies; analytical methods; strong motion seismology;
seismology; building codes |
| Illustrations | sketch maps; tables; graphs; spectra |
| Released | 2008 06 01; 2008 06 02 |
| Abstract | Canada's 4 Generation seismic th hazard model is the basis for the seismic design provisions in the 2005 National Building Code of Canada. The 2005 code uses median ground motion on firm soil sites for
a probability of exceedence of 2% in 50 years, with the ground motion being described by seismic hazard values for five parameters: spectral acceleration at 0.2, 0.5, 1.0 and 2.0 second periods and peak acceleration. We tabulate values of the five
parameters for more than 200,000 grid points over Canadian territory and surrounding areas. The four spectral parameters will allow the construction of approximate uniform hazard spectra for every place in Canada, and hence improve
earthquake-resistant design. |
| GEOSCAN ID | 225402 |
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