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International Journal of Geosciences, 2011, 2, 549-561 549 doi:10.4236/ijg.2011.24058 Published Online November 2011 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ijg) Site Dependence Earthquake Spectra Attenuation Modeling: Nigerian Case Study 1 2 1 Adekunle Abraham Adepelumi , Tahir Abubakar Yakubu , Olatunbosun Adedayo Alao , Akinsola Yusuf Adebayo1 1 Department of Geology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria 2Center for Geodesy and Geodynamics and Geodesy (CGG), Toro, Nigeria E-mail : adepelumi@ Received June 23, 2011; revised August 7, 2011; accepted September 16, 2011 Abstract Recent seismic events recorded in South-western Nigeria indicate that the country may not be aseismic as had hitherto thought. Geologic and geodetic evidences suggest the existence of large fracture zones (Ro- manche and Charcot) beneath the area. Considering the existence of these fracture zones, and the paucity of seismicity information, the development (oil exploration and production) taking place in offshore Nigeria in the last two decades and the ambitious planning for large future projects urgently call for the implementation of a comprehensive earthquake ground motion modelling which is a useful tool in site-dependent seismic hazard assessment in low to moderate seismicity region. In this study, ground-attenuation modelling based on stochastic approach was applied to predict the expected peak ground velocity and acceleration and spec- tral amplifications in two geologic settings. The seismic