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| (Station Photograph - click to enlarge) | (Sensor Layout - click to see PDF File) |
| CESMD |
| Information for Strong-Motion Station |
| Whittier - 4-story Hospital |
| CGS - CSMIP Station 14737 |
| Earthquakes recorded by this station |
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| (Station Photograph - click to enlarge) | (Sensor Layout - click to see PDF File) |
| Latitude | 33.9699 N |
| Longitude | 118.0499 W |
| Elevation (m) | 55 |
| Site Geology | Alluvium |
| Vs30 (m/sec) | 348 (inferred) |
| Site Class | D |
| Remarks/Notes | Site information sources |
| No. of Stories above/below ground | 4/1 |
| Plan Shape | Irregular |
| Base Dimensions | 480 x 231 ft |
| Typical Floor Dimensions | 216 x 177 ft |
| Design Date | 2002 |
| Instrumentation | 2023, 18 accelerometers on 6 levels of the building and 3 acceleromters at a reference free-field. |
| Vertical Load Carrying System | Lightweight concrete over steel deck supported by steel beams and columns. |
| Lateral Force Resisting System | Steel special moment frames at each level at perimeter and interior locations. |
| Foundation Type | Concrete footings at all steel column locations with concrete grade beams at moment frame locations. |
| Remarks | The building was designed in compliance with the 1998 California Building Code. This hospital building is instrumented as part of HCAI/CSMIP agreement to instrument hospitals in California. It was approved for instrumentation by the Instrumentation Committee of the Hospital Building Safety Board. |