Himalayan earthquakes: a review of historical seismicity and early 21st century slip potential

R Bilham - Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 2019 - lyellcollection.org
This article summarizes recent advances in our knowledge of the past 1000 years of
earthquakes in the Himalaya using geodetic, historical and seismological data, and …

Field investigation on the performance of building structures during the April 25, 2015, Gorkha earthquake in Nepal

K Sharma, L Deng, CC Noguez - Engineering Structures, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract On April 25, 2015, a major earthquake of moment magnitude M w 7.8 struck the
Gorkha District of Nepal at 11: 56 am local time (6: 11 am UTC). One major aftershock of M w …

Structural performance and associated lessons to be learned from world earthquakes in Nepal after 25 April 2015 (MW 7.8) Gorkha earthquake

D Gautam, H Chaulagain - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Gorkha earthquake (MW 7.8) occurred in Nepal on 25 April 2015 at 11: 56 local
time. This earthquake is the most devastating event after the 1934 great Bihar-Nepal …

Testing machine learning models for seismic damage prediction at a regional scale using building-damage dataset compiled after the 2015 Gorkha Nepal earthquake

S Ghimire, P Guéguen, S Giffard-Roisin… - Earthquake …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Assessing post-seismic damage on an urban/regional scale remains relatively difficult owing
to the significant amount of time and resources required to acquire information and conduct …

The aftershock sequence of the 2015 April 25 Gorkha–Nepal earthquake

LB Adhikari, UP Gautam, BP Koirala… - … Supplements to the …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The M 7.8 2015 April 25 Gorkha earthquake devastated the mountainous southern
rim of the High Himalayan range in central Nepal. The main shock was followed by 553 …

Slip deficit in central Nepal: Omen for a repeat of the 1344 AD earthquake?

L Bollinger, P Tapponnier, SN Sapkota… - Earth, Planets and …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract In 1255, 1344, and 1408 AD, then again in 1833, 1934, and 2015, large
earthquakes, devastated Kathmandu. The 1255 and 1934 surface ruptures have been …

Duplex in the Main Himalayan Thrust illuminated by aftershocks of the 2015 Mw 7.8 Gorkha earthquake

MM Mendoza, A Ghosh, MS Karplus, SL Klemperer… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
In April 2015, the lower locked portion of the Main Himalayan Thrust ruptured beneath
Nepal, causing the disastrous M w 7.8 Gorkha earthquake. Elucidating the enigmatic …

Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment of Nepal

VL Stevens, SN Shrestha… - Bulletin of the …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We carry out a new probabilistic seismic hazard analysis (PSHA) for Nepal. The 2015 M w
7.8 Gorkha, Nepal, earthquake (hereafter the Gorkha earthquake) highlights the seismic risk …

Improving back projection imaging with a novel physics‐based aftershock calibration approach: A case study of the 2015 Gorkha earthquake

L Meng, A Zhang, Y Yagi - Geophysical Research Letters, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The 2015 Mw 7.8 Nepal‐Gorkha earthquake with casualties of over 9000 people
was the most devastating disaster to strike Nepal since the 1934 Nepal‐Bihar earthquake …

Imaging the Moho and the Main Himalayan Thrust in Western Nepal with receiver functions

S Subedi, G Hetényi, J Vergne… - Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The crustal structure of Western Nepal is studied for the first time by performing receiver
function analysis on teleseismic waveforms recorded at 16 seismic stations. The Moho …