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INSTITUTO DE INGENIERÍA, UNAM CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, COYOACÁN 04510 DF, Mexico
CENTRO NACIONAL DE PREVENCIÓN DE DESASTRES, DELFÍN MADRIGAL 665, COYOACÁN 04360 DF, Mexico
INSTITUTO DE GEOFÍSICA, UNAM CIUDAD UNIVERSITARIA, COYOACÁN 04510 DF, Mexico
Abstract
It is well known that seismic waves are enormously amplified at lake-bed sites with respect to hill-zone sites in Mexico City. It has been suggested that even hill-zone sites suffer amplification. In this paper, we use eight recent well-recorded earthquakes to determine spectral attenuation of seismic waves and to quantify the suggested amplification in the hill zone. Results show that indeed spectral amplitudes at these sites are roughly 10 times greater than expected for sites outside Mexico City at similar hypocentral distances. This implies that lake-bed sites are amplified by a factor of 100 to 500 at some frequencies between 0.2 to 0.7 Hz. The source spectra retrieved from the regression analysis agree well with those obtained from epicentral recordings alone. For two of the largest earthquakes (MS = 8.1 and 7.6), whose seismic moments are well determined and whose source spectra can be patched in a very broad band of frequencies (0.015 to 20 Hz), we observe clear deviation from an 
2 model; the spectra at intermediate frequencies (from about 0.05 to 2 Hz) show a sag. Whether the observed spectra deviate from an 2 model for events with MS < 6, depends on the reliability of the reported long-period seismic moments. If they are considered reliable, then these events also deviate from the model. If, however, the reported seismic moments of smaller events are ignored, then the observed spectra can be fitted well with the 2 model.
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