Using structural damage statistics to derive macroseismic intensity within the Kathmandu valley for the 2015 M7.8 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake

Tectonophysics

Volumn 714-715, Issue , 2017, Pages 158-172

  McGowan, S M ^a,b   Jaiswal, K S ^a   Wald, D J ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Damage Grade; EMS 98; Ground shaking; Macroseismic intensity; Vulnerability Class

Indexed keywords

BRICK; CONCRETE SLABS; CONCRETES; DAMAGE DETECTION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; GEOPHYSICS; LANDFORMS; MASONRY MATERIALS; REINFORCED CONCRETE; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

EMS-98; GROUND MOTION RECORDING; GROUND-SHAKING; GROUND-SHAKING HAZARDS; MACROSEISMIC INTENSITY; REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAMES; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; VULNERABILITY CLASS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GROUND MOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEISMICITY; VULNERABILITY;

GANDAKI; GORKHA; KATHMANDU VALLEY; NEPAL;

EID: 84992754175     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2016.08.002     Document Type: Article

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