CESMD
Information for Strong-Motion Station
Long Beach - 5-story CSULB Engnrng Bldg
CGS - CSMIP Station 14311
Earthquakes recorded by this station
 
(Station Photograph - click to enlarge)(Sensor Layout - click to see PDF File)
   
Latitude 33.7828 N
Longitude 118.1104 W
Elevation (m) 5
Site Geology Deep alluvium
Vs30 (m/sec) 318 (measured)
Site Class D
Remarks/Notes Site information sources
 
No. of Stories above/below ground5/1
Plan ShapeRectangular
Base Dimensions81' x 204'-10"
Typical Floor DimensionsSame as base dimensions
Design Date1968
Instrumentation1977. 9 accelerometers, on 3 levels in the building.
 
Vertical Load Carrying System6" RC slabs supported by cast-in-place RC beams at 6' on centers; load bearing 12" concrete wall.
Lateral Force Resisting SystemRC shear walls in both directions.
Foundation Type60 piles under bearing walls
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