CESMD
Information for Strong-Motion Station
Los Angeles - 6-story Parking Structure
CGS - CSMIP Station 24655
Earthquakes recorded by this station
 
(Station Photograph - click to enlarge)(Sensor Layout - click to see PDF File)
   
Latitude 34.0211 N
Longitude 118.2903 W
Elevation (m) 53
Site Geology Deep alluvium
Vs30 (m/sec) 268 (measured)
Site Class D
Remarks/Notes Site information sources
 
No. of Stories above/below ground6/0
Plan ShapeRectangular
Base Dimensions259 x 306 ft (92.4 x 96.9 m)
Typical Floor Dimensions259 x 306 ft (73.2 x 33.5 m)
Design Date1975 & 1978
Instrumentation1993. 14 accelerometers, on 3 levels in the building.
 
Vertical Load Carrying SystemConcrete slabs supported on precast concrete beams and columns.
Lateral Force Resisting SystemSix cast-in-place concrete shear walls in the N/S direction and two cast-in-place concrete shear walls in E/W direction.
Foundation TypeDrilled concrete caissons.
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