CESMD
Information for Strong-Motion Station
Irvine - 8-story UCI Engineering Bldg
CGS - CSMIP Station 13329
Earthquakes recorded by this station
 
(Station Photograph - click to enlarge)(Sensor Layout - click to see PDF File)
   
Latitude 33.6448 N
Longitude 117.8409 W
Elevation (m) 38
Site Geology Thin alluvium over rock (sandstone)
Vs30 (m/sec) 319 (inferred)
Site Class D
Remarks/Notes Site information sources
 
No. of Stories above/below ground8/1
Plan ShapeCross-shaped
Base Dimensions146' x 130'
Typical Floor DimensionsSame as base dimensions
Design Date1967
Instrumentation1978. 12 accelerometers, on 4 levels in the building.
 
Vertical Load Carrying SystemBasement to 3rd floor: 4-1/2" concrete slab in 20" pan; inverted L-shaped vertical concrete exterior walls and interior walls; 3rd floor to roof: 5" concrete slab over steel frames.
Lateral Force Resisting SystemBasement to 3rd floor: inverted L-shaped concrete exterior supports and interior RC shear walls; 3rd floor to roof: steel frames.
Foundation Type--
RemarksExtension of Newport-Inglewood Fault System is located approximately 250' from the building.