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| (Station Photograph - click to enlarge) | (Sensor Layout - click to see PDF File) |
| CESMD |
| Information for Strong-Motion Station |
| Newark - 8-story Govt Office Bldg |
| CGS - CSMIP Station 58641 |
| Earthquakes recorded by this station |
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| (Station Photograph - click to enlarge) | (Sensor Layout - click to see PDF File) |
| Latitude | 37.5355 N |
| Longitude | 122.029 W |
| Elevation (m) | 8 |
| Site Geology | Alluvium |
| Vs30 (m/sec) | -- |
| Site Class | - |
| No. of Stories above/below ground | 8/0 |
| Plan Shape | Square |
| Base Dimensions | 51' x 50' |
| Typical Floor Dimensions | 51' x 50' |
| Design Date | 1965 |
| Instrumentation | 1992. 12 accelerometers, on 4 levels in the building. 3 accelerometers at a reference free-field site. |
| Vertical Load Carrying System | 3" light weight concrete slab on metal deck supported by open web steel joists (1'-8" deep, 32' span), resting on concrete walls. |
| Lateral Force Resisting System | 10" perimeter concrete walls and 8" RC walls around stairwells and elevator shaft. |
| Foundation Type | 2'-6" diam, 43' long, cast-in-place concrete friction piles with tips founded in sandy soils. The 3' deep pile caps are interconnected by 8' deep grade beams running in east-west direction. |
| Remarks | The building was designed as per the requirements of the 1961 Uniform Building Code. |