CESMD
Information for Strong-Motion Station
Oxnard - 21 Story Office Building
CGS - CSMIP Station 25245
Earthquakes recorded by this station
 
(Station Photograph - click to enlarge)(Sensor Layout - click to see PDF File)
   
Latitude 34.2280 N
Longitude 119.1739 W
Elevation (m) 24
Site Geology Deep alluvium
Vs30 (m/sec) 245 (inferred)
Site Class D
Remarks/Notes Site information sources
 
No. of Stories above/below ground21/0
Plan ShapeHexagonal
Base Dimensions104 ft (each side)
Typical Floor Dimensions64 ft (above 3rd Floor)
Design Date1984
Instrumentation2004, 16 accelerometers on 5 levels in the building and 3 at the free-field.
 
Vertical Load Carrying SystemLightweight concrete over stell deck supported by steel beams and columns.
Lateral Force Resisting System3 moment-resisting steel frames in equalateral triangle configuration.
Foundation TypeSteel moment frames are supported by 2-12 piles per column connected with grade beams.
RemarksThe building was design according to the 1982 Uniform Building Code.