CESMD
Information for Strong-Motion Station
Los Angeles - 13-story Office Bldg
CGS - CSMIP Station 24567
Earthquakes recorded by this station
 
(Station Photograph - click to enlarge)(Sensor Layout - click to see PDF File)
   
Latitude 34.0502 N
Longitude 118.2473 W
Elevation (m) 84
Site Geology Alluvium
Vs30 (m/sec) 317 (measured)
Site Class D
Remarks/Notes Site information sources
 
No. of Stories above/below ground13/1
Plan ShapeRectangular
Base Dimensions136' x 96'
Typical Floor DimensionsU-shaped 129'-10" x 85'-3"
Design Date1912
Instrumentation1989. 15 accelerometers, on 4 levels in the building.
 
Vertical Load Carrying SystemSteel beams and columns embedded in concrete: one way reinforced concrete slab with concrete slab with concrete joists and infill brick tile.
Lateral Force Resisting SystemComposite steel-concrete frame with infill unreinforced masonry walls on the perimeter.
Foundation TypeReinforced concrete spread footings under columns.
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