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Table 3.1 Parameters of site-to-site within-earthquake correlation functions ρ ε ( Δ ) reported in literature

Correlation
distances, km Reference Function Data used

Wang and Takada (2005) exp( Δ / α ) 27.3 The 1999 Chi-Chi (Taiwan) earthquake; PGV; ground-motion

model developed for Japan by Midorikawa and Ohtake
(2002)

b

Goda and Hong (2008a) exp( a Δ ) 28.7 The 1999 Chi-Chi (Taiwan) earthquake; PGA; NGA ground-

motion model developed by Boore and Atkinson (2008)

b

Sokolov et al. (2010) exp( a Δ ) 18.2 The 1999 Chi-Chi (Taiwan) earthquake; PGA; ground-motion

model developed in the study

b

Sokolov et al. (2010) exp( a Δ ) 34.1 The 2003 ( M W 6.8, Taiwan) earthquake; PGA; ground-motion

model developed in the study

b

Sokolov et al. (2010) exp( a Δ ) 4.0-23.5 Records from 13 ( M W > 6.0) earthquakes in Taiwan; PGA;

ground-motion model developed in the study; region-
dependent estimations

b

Goda and Hong (2008a) exp( a Δ ) < 2.0 ( ≈ 1.7) Records from 6 large earthquakes in California; PGA, ground-

motion model developed in the study

b

Hong et al. (2009) exp( a Δ ) < 2.0 ( ≈ 1.4) Records from 39 earthquakes in California; PGA, ground-

motion model developed in the study

b

Goda and Atkinson (2009) γ exp( a Δ ) − γ + 1.0 19.0-29.0 Records from 155 earthquakes occurred in Japan; PGA;

ground-motion model developed in the study; earthquake
depth-dependent estimations