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Figure 21: Variation of HW* with magnitude, depth to top of rupture <strong>for</strong> ζ = 1 km <strong>and</strong> a range of<br />

fault dips.<br />

Figure 22: Correlation of HW* with magnitude <strong>and</strong> depth to top of rupture <strong>for</strong> the earthquakes in the<br />

<strong>PEER</strong>-<strong>NGA</strong> database selected <strong>for</strong> use in this study.<br />

The complete hanging wall function is given by:<br />

f<br />

HW<br />

= tanh( 0.<br />

5R<br />

RUP<br />

2 2 −1⎛<br />

W cos( δ ) ⎞ ⎡ RJB<br />

⎤<br />

) × cos ( δ ) × tan<br />

⎜<br />

⎟ × ⎢1<br />

−<br />

⎥ (13)<br />

π ⎝ 2(<br />

ZTOR<br />

+ 1)<br />

⎠ ⎣ RRUP<br />

+ 0.<br />

001⎦<br />

The factor of 0.001 is added in the denominator of RJB/RRUP to prevent a singularity at<br />

RRUP=0. We admit that the <strong>for</strong>mulation is defined somewhat arbitrarily. However, we think<br />

that it serves the function of reducing the hanging wall effect with decreasing magnitude <strong>and</strong><br />

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