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Introduction

A technique for estimating and characterizing the spatial variation of earthquake ground motion based on recordings obtained from dense seismograph arrays is outlined. Critical steps in the estimation procedure are emphasized. Erroneous estimates may be obtained is special care is not taken in the estimation. The proposed estimation technique is validated by using it on simulated accelerogram whose spatial variability is known. Finally, the technique is used to estimate the parameters of a random field model of earthquake ground motion, for two far-field events recorded by the SMART-1 seismograph array in Lotung, Taiwan.