Current Projects

• 17084 - Development of a NZ-wide Vs30 model for use in regional ground motion simulations (Bradley, Foster - UC; Wotherspoon - UA; Somerville, Hosseini - AECOM; Thompson - USGS)
• 17085 - Waveform tomography of a South Island Velocity Model and simulation of major Hope Fault earthquakes on the South Island, NZ (Bradley, Lee, Thomson, Pettinga - UC; Wald - USGS; Horspool - GNS)
• 17086 - Response history analyses of structural and geotechnical systems using simulated and recorded ground motions (Pettinga - Holmes; Fraser - Golder; Bradley, Tarbali - UC; Baker - Stanford)
• 17088 - A 3D shear wave velocity model for Dunedin: Data gathering and interpretation (Stirling, Gorman, Holt - Otago; Wotherspoon - UA)
• 17114 - Development of a seismic velocity model and site characterisation for the Nelson/Tasman region (Wotherspoon - UA; Ryder - MWH/UA; Bradley, Foster - UC; Ghisetti - TerraGeologica)
• 17133 - Ground motion simulations for Hauraki rift earthquakes (Dempsey, Eccles - UA)
• 16/17FP1 - Ground motion simulation of Porters Pass earthquakes in the Canterbury region (Nazer, Bradley, Razafindrakoto, Pettinga - UC)
• 17AF8 - Ground motion simulation of Alpine Fault earthquakes (Bradley, Bae + AF8 project)
• 17KAIK - Ground motion simulation of the Mw7.8 Kaikoura earthquake (Bradley, Razafindrakoto, Polak)

Related Efforts

• Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) Ground Motion Simulation Validation (GMSV) Technical Activity Group (TAG)
• SCEC Broadband Platform: https://scec.usc.edu/scecpedia/Broadband_Platform
• Modelling earthquake engineering parameters (Holden and Kaneko; NHRP contestable round 2015-2017)
• Reconstructing complex ground motion effects in Christchurch during the Canterbury earthquakes: what does this mean for future ground motion prediction? (Kaiser; Marsden round 2013-2016)

Workshops

2017

• 27 July 2017 - Webconference - Coordination of QuakeCoRE GMSV projects
• 22 June 2017 - Webconference - Coordination of QuakeCoRE GMSV projects
• 25 May 2017 - Webconference - Coordination of QuakeCoRE GMSV projects
   
• 23 March 2017 - Webconference - Coordination of QuakeCoRE GMSV projects
• 23 Feb 2017 - Webconference - Coordination of QuakeCoRE GMSV projects

2016

• 25 Feb 2016 - Webconference - Coordination of QuakeCoRE GMSV projects
• 24 March 2016 - Webconference - Coordination of QuakeCoRE GMSV projects
• 28 April 2016 - Webconference - Invited presentations on projects related to GMSV projects
• 26 May 2016 - Webconference - Coordination of QuakeCoRE GMSV projects
• 23 June 2016 - Webconference - Coordination of QuakeCoRE GMSV projects
• 15 July 2016 - Stakeholder workshop on "Guidance on the utilization of ground motion simulations in engineering practice"
• 28 July 2016 - Webconference - Coordination of QuakeCoRE GMSV projects

• 31 August 2016 - GMSV Workshop in conjunction with QuakeCoRE Annual Meeting

• 11-14 September 2016 - International Workshop on Ground Motion Simulation and Validation at the SCEC Annual Meeting
• 15 December 2016 - Webconference - Final presentation of 2016 QuakeCoRE GMSV projects

2016 Funded Projects

• 16002 - Validation of Strong Ground Motion Simulations of two Historical New Zealand Subduction Zone Earthquakes on the SCEC BBP (Somerville, Bayless, Hossenini, Skarlatoudis - AECOM; Bradley, Foster - UC)
• 16006 - Validation of Ground Motion Simulations using Fragile Geologic Features (Stirling, Bowie - UOtago; Van Houtte - GNS)
• 16027 - Dynamic Site Characterisation of the Nelson/Tasman Region (Wotherspoon, Ryder - UA; Bradley - UC)
• 16030 - Advancing ground motion simulation methodologies through further insights from the 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquakes (Bradley, Thomson, Lee, Razafindrakoto, Jeong - UC; Wotherspoon - UA; Massey - GNS; Asimaki - Caltech; Baker - Stanford; Rodriguez-Marek - VTech; Graves - USGS)
• 16035 - Guidance for the utilization of earthquake-induced ground motion simulations in engineering practice (Pettinga - Holmes; Fraser - Golder; Bradley - UC)
• 16057 - Further coordination between QuakeCoRE and SCEC on ground motion simulation validation (Luco, Rezaeian - USGS; Bradley - UC)
• 16/17FP1 - Ground motion simulation of Porters Pass earthquakes in the Canterbury region (Nazer, Bradley, Razafindrakoto, Pettinga - UC)

Requests for Proposals

• 2017 QuakeCoRE Collaboration Plan - This will be released mid/late-Sept following the 2016 QuakeCoRE Annual Meeting
   
• 2016 QuakeCoRE Collaboration Plan - See page 9-10 for GMSV priorities. Proposals are due November 20, 2015.