Search Panel

QuakeManager offers a tool for searching, filtering and selecting seed records using the Search Panel. Search Panel enable users to manually select as-recorded ground motions that could later be scaled, matched, modified and/or rotated.

QuakeManager provides users a wide range of filtering criteria in which can be defined, and the Search Panel will query and report all records that satisfy these criteria.

The panel consists of eight main filtering sections:

1.General Search criteria

2.Event Properties

3.Station Properties

4.Processing Properties

5.IM - Intensity Measures

6.IM - Period and Duration

7.IM - Statistics and Correlation

8.Match to Target Spectrum

To search records, the user should define all desirable filter options, expand the General Search Criteria and click "Search". The "Clear All" button clears all currently filters.

Note that it is possible to enter wildcard characters in text boxes. For example, when search in the event name, entering "N*" will return all records whose event name starts with the letter 'N'.

General Search Criteria

Collection: select the source Library Collection from which to select records.

Title: type the record title.

Event Name: type the event name

Magnitude: select the Magnitude range and type (Mw, MS, ML, M_Other, Any)

Distance (km): set the Distance range and type (dEpi, dHypo, dRup, dSurf, dSeism, dRMS, Any)

RSN(s): input the RSN(s) of each record

Type: select the resulting record as Component or Triplet

FN/FP?: select if the records can be rotated to FN/FP

Is Pulse?: check if the records can be pulse records or no

Also Include: include or exclude child components with triplet records

Show: show all records, or all records except excluded ones or only the excluded ones

Event Properties

Mechanism: select the faulting mechanism of the ground motion as: Strike-Slip, Reverse-Oblique, Reverse, Normal-Oblique, Normal. Users may also set the mechanism as undefined or any of the listed before.

Regime: set the desirable source regime as Active Tectonic, Active Tectonic or Subduction.

Date: set a specific date or a range of dates in which ground motions were recorded

Epicenter Location: users can specify the epicenter location of the earthquake either by defining the range of the Latitude and Longitude or by specifying the distance range from the desired site having a unique Latitude and Longitude.

Depth: set the minimum and maximum depth range in kilometers.

Station Properties

Station Name: type the station name in which the earthquake was recorded

NEHRP Soil Type: Specify the NEHRP soil type (A, B, C, D, E, F or any of them)

Vs30 (m/s): specify the range of the shear wave velocity in m/s

Structure: set the type of the structure at which the earthquake was recorded. The structure may be the ground, building, bridge, dam, geotechnical array or any of them)

Station Location: users can specify the Station location either by defining the range of the Latitude and Longitude or by specifying the distance range from the desired site having a unique Latitude and Longitude.

Elevation (km): define the elevation of the station in kilometers

Processing Properties

FreqHP (Hz): specify the range of the high pass frequency

FreqLP (Hz): specify the range of the low pass frequency

FreqLU (Hz): specify the range of the lowest usable frequency

IM - Intensity Measures

PGA: specify the range of the peak ground acceleration in g units

PGV: specify the range of the peak ground velocity in cm/s

PGD: specify the range of the peak ground displacement in cm

EPA: specify the range of the effective peak acceleration in g units

EPV: specify the range of the effective peak velocity in cm/s

EPD: specify the range of the effective peak displacement in cm

SPA: specify the range of the sustained peak acceleration in g units

SPV: specify the range of the sustained peak velocity in cm/s

RMSa (G): specify the range of the root mean square acceleration in g units

IV: specify the range of the incremental velocity in cm/s

ID: specify the range of the incremental displacement in cm

CAV: specify the range of the cumulative absolute velocity in cm/s

CAV5: specify the range of the cumulative absolute velocity for acceleration less than 5 cm/s/s

CAVstd: specify the range of the standardized cumulative absolute velocity (EPRI) acceleration

CAD: specify the range of the cumulative absolute displacement in cm

Arias: specify the range of the Arias intensity in cm/s

IM - Period and Duration

Duration: specify the range of the recorded duration of the earthquake in seconds

Db5PcG: specify the range of the bracketed duration of record over 5%g in seconds

Du5PcG: specify the range of the bracketed uniform of record over 5%g in seconds

Dur Arias 5-95: specify the range of the Arias duration (5-95%) in seconds

Dur Arias 5-75: specify the range of the Arias duration (5-75%) in seconds

Tp: specify the range of the predominant period in seconds

Tc: specify the range of the corner period in seconds

Tm: specify the range of the mean period in seconds

Pulse Score: specify the range of the pulse score (between 0 and 1). High scores (>0.85) indicate the record likely has a pulse.

Tpulse: specify the range of the pulse period in seconds

IM - Statistic & Correlation

XCorr12: specify the range of the Cross-Correlation of Acceleration Components 1 & 2

XCorr13: specify the range of the Cross-Correlation of Acceleration Components 1 & 3

XCorr23: specify the range of the Cross-Correlation of Acceleration Components 2 & 3

XCorrMax: specify the range of the Max Cross-Correlation of Acceleration Components 1, 2 & 3

PGV/PGA: specify the range of the of the ratio PGV to PGA

PGD/PGA: specify the range of the of the ratio PGD to PGA

PGA*PGD/PGV^2: specify the range of the of the ratio (PGA*PGD) to PGV²

Match to Target Spectrum

Target Spectrum: set one of the pre-defined spectra as the target spectrum to match. Users may also select a none target.

Fitting Criteria: click to defined the fitting criteria

Resultant: select the desirable bidirectional type as one of the following: Geomean, SRSS, RotD100, RotD50, RotD00, H1 Comp, H2 Comp, V Comp, FN Comp or FP Comp

The Ground Motion Search Panel is HIDDEN (docked to the right side) by default.

In order to show it, click on the Tab titled "Search & Select" near the top-right side of the screen (just below the ribbon), as shown in the image below.

Once shown, the Search Panel will look similar to the right image shown below.

By default, the Search Panel will Autohide (Autodock) when it loses focus. It is possible to make it permanently visible by clicking on the pin near the top right corner of the panel. It can be reset to Autohide mode by clicking on the pin again (unpinning).