The 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes: Cascading Geological Hazards and Compounding Risks

The 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes: Cascading Geological Hazards and Compounding Risks

A sequence of two strike-slip earthquakes occurred on 14 and 16 April 2016 in the intraplate region of Kyushu Island, Japan, apart from subduction zones, and caused significant damage and disruption to the Kumamoto region. The analyses of regional seismic catalog and available strong motion recordin...

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Main Authors: Katsuichiro Goda, Grace Campbell, Laura Hulme, Bashar Ismael, Lin Ke, Rebekah Marsh, Peter Sammonds, Emily So, Yoshihiro Okumura, Nozar Kishi, Maki Koyama, Saki Yotsui, Junji Kiyono, Shuanglan Wu, Sean Wilkinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Built Environment
Subjects:
Ground deformation
Ground motion
Building damage
Surface rupture
Earthquake damage survey
2016 Kumamoto Earthquake
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fbuil.2016.00019/full

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