@conference {bnh-1891,
	title = {The 2012 Moe Earthquake and Earthquake Attenuation in South Eastern Australia},
	booktitle = {Australian Earthquake Engineering Society Conference 2014},
	year = {2014},
	month = {11/2014},
	abstract = {<p>In 2012 the state of Victoria experienced its largest earthquake in thirty years. The epicentre of the ML 5.4 earthquake is located near the town of Moe, within an area of elevated seismicity called the south-eastern seismic zone. The main event as well as over 200 aftershocks were recorded and located in a coordinated study by the University of Melbourne (UoM), Geoscience Australia (GA) and the Seismology Research Centre. At the time of the largest aftershock (ML 4.4), five instruments were operating within a 20km radius from the epicentre {\textendash} providing a unique near-source strong motion record. This paper presents the spectral acceleration response results captured from the two events at a range of distances. Estimations of the VS30 parameter have been obtained for the underlying soil structure of some of the recordings stations using available borehole data, soil classification maps, observation of the natural period and using the Horizontal to Vertical Spectral Ratio (HVSR) method. The acceleration response spectra calculated from the ground motions are thus at sites with estimated site-soil properties and these spectra have been compared with estimated values from potentially applicable attenuation models, including the latest NGA-West 2 functions released in 2014. These comparisons indicate the level of compatibility of spectra obtained using the actual data with predictions made using the different attenuation models. The results show a wide range of accuracy with the current attenuation models that are thought to be applicable to the region. This is of particular importance in assisting to select the most suitable attenuation models for future Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analyses in eastern Australia (Non-Cratonic) and other regions of Australia; the results from this type of hazard analysis are highly dependent on the attenuation model chosen to represent the area of interest.</p>},
	keywords = {Attenuation, Australia, GMPE, HVSR, Intraplate, Moe Earthquake, NGA-West 2, South Eastern},
	author = {Ryan D. Hoult and Anita Amirsardari and D. Sandiford and Elisa Lumantarna and Helen M. Goldsworthy and G. Gibson and Michael Asten}
}
