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Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America; December 1974; v. 64; no. 6; p. 1909-1918
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First strong-motion instrumentation in Hawaii: With results from the earthquake of April 26, 1973

W. M. ADAMS

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII, HONOLULU, HAWAII 96822

Abstract

On April 26, 1973, an earthquake with magnitude of Formula occurred at a depth of 40 km below Honomu (north of Hilo). Serendipitously, in the preceding February, one SMA-1 accelerograph and one Wilmot seismoscope were installed near Waikiki on the island of Oahu. Also, one SMA-1 accelerograph and three Wilmot seismoscopes were installed on the island of Hawaii. The records from these instruments provided the first strong-motion data for the State of Hawaii. The motion was dominantly horizontal. This finding explains the extensive damage to the Hilo area, reported to be about 6 million dollars.






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