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Table 2 Strong-motion stations with evident nonlinear site response during the Wenchuan main shock based on identification with RFp, DNL, ADNL, and PNL, respectively

From: Five parameters for the evaluation of the soil nonlinearity during the Ms8.0 Wenchuan Earthquake using the HVSR method

No.

Station code

Parameters used to identify the soil nonlinearity

Nonlinearity level

RFp

DNL

ADNL

PNL

1

51AXT

Medium

2

51GYS

Strong

3

51GYZ

Strong

4

51JYC

Strong

5

51JYD

Strong

6

51JYH

Strong

7

51JZB

Medium

8

51JZW

Medium

9

51LXT

Medium

10

51MXN

Medium

11

51MZQ

Medium

12

51SFB

Strong

13

51TQL

medium

14

51WCW

Strong

15

51XJD

Medium

16

62WUD

Medium

  1. and mean that the site response does and does not evidently behave nonlinearly