Abstract:The China Earthquake Early Warning Network obtained 197 sets of three-component ground motion acceleration records during the 4.9 magnitude earthquake in Pingchuan District, Baiyin, Gansu, among which there were 165 sets within a 100km range. This is the first time a large number of near-fault strong-motion observation records have been obtained near the Haiyuan fault zone. We investigate the characteristics of strong ground motion in terms of response spectrum, attenuation relationship and spatial distribution of ground motion. The results indicate that: the horizontal acceleration response spectrum of the 6 stations built in the soil site is greater than the design spectrum value of 8 degrees frequent earthquakes at the excellent period,and the response spectrum of GS.D003E in the EW direction even exceeds the design spectrum value of 8 degrees earthquake protection at the excellent period. However, because its excellence period is lower than the natural vibration period of local urban and rural buildings, the damage degree of nearby buildings with seismic measures is small.The observed value of PGA, PGV, SA(0.2s) and SA(0.5s) are generally greater than the predicted ground motion values, while the observed value of SA(1.0s) and SA(2.0s) are consistent with the predicted values, which indicates that the ground motion of the high frequency component of the earthquake is excellent.The attenuation relationships of ground motion at soil and bedrock stations, and the results of soil/bedrock spectrum ratio show that the soil site has an obvious amplification effect on ground motion compared with the bedrock site.The amplitudes of PGA, SA(0.2s) and SA(0.5s) are both larger along the fault strike and on the southwest side of the epicenter. However, the larger amplitude of SA(1.0s), SA(2.0s) and SA(3.0s) is more obvious only on the southwest side perpendicular to the fault strike.This phenomenon may be related to the rupture characteristics of the source and the site of the observation station in the loess hilly area.