Abstract:On July 22, 2013, an MS6.6 earthquake and its aftershock occurred at the border area between Minxian and Zhangxian Counties, Gansu Province. In this study, 273 items of acceleration records from the MS6.6 mainshock and the MS5.6 aftershock were processed, and the characteristics of the amplitudes, response spectra, and duration of the records were compared. The peak ground acceleration range of the main earthquake was 0.728-177.5 gal, and that of the aftershock was 0.732-69.3 gal. According to the comparison among observation data, the attenuation relationship of Huo Junrong, and the ground motion attenuation relationship in the fifth Chinese seismic zonation map, it was found that the attenuation relationship of Huo Junrong is more suitable for the acceleration attenuation of the two earthquakes; the 5%-95% significant duration distribution of the two earthquakes was calculated and plotted. The response spectrum of the main earthquake at 62 MXT was compared with the design spectrum and the response spectra of major strong earthquakes in China in recent years. Finally, the response spectrum characteristics of typical soil stations, bedrock stations, and the same station with different magnitudes were analyzed.