RETRACTED ARTICLE: Recovery process of shear wave velocities of volcanic soil in central Mashiki Town after the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake revealed by intermittent measurements of microtremor

Abstract An earthquake of JMA magnitude 6.5 (foreshock) hit Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, at 21:26 JST on April 14, 2016. Subsequently, an earthquake of JMA magnitude 7.3 (main shock) hit Kumamoto and Oita Prefectures at 1:25 JST on April 16, 2016. The two epicenters were located adjacent to central M...

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Main Authors: Yoshiya Hata, Masayuki Yoshimi, Hiroyuki Goto, Takashi Hosoya, Hitoshi Morikawa, Takao Kagawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-05-01
Series:Earth, Planets and Space
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40623-017-0657-8