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Directivity

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-008078

Directivity is an effect of a fault rupturing whereby earthquake ground motion in the direction of rupture propagation is more severe than that in other directions from the earthquake source.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-008078
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesUSGS Earthquake Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-008078",
  "term": "Directivity",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Directivity is an effect of a fault rupturing whereby earthquake ground motion in the direction of rupture propagation is more severe than that in other directions from the earthquake source.",
  "references": [
    "USGS Earthquake Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/directivity/"
}

Record 8,078 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.