Slip pulse and resonance of the Kathmandu basin during the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, Nepal

Galetzka, J.; Melgar, Diego; F. Genrich, J.; Geng, Jianghui; E. Owen, S.; O. Lindsey, Eric; Xu, Xiaohua; Bock, Yehuda; Avouac, Jean‐Philippe; Bijaya Adhikari, Lok; Nath Upreti, Bishal; Pratt-Sitaula, Beth; Bhattarai, Tribikram; P. Sitaula, B.; W. Moore, A.; W. Hudnut, K.; Szeliga, Walter; Normandeau, Jim; Fend, M.; Flouzat, M.; Bollinger, Laurent; Shrestha, Prabin; Prasad Koirala, Binod; Gautam, Umesh; Bhatterai, M.; Gupta, R.M.; Kandel, T.; Timsina, Chintan; N. Sapkota, S.; Rajaure, Sudhir; Maharjan, N.

doi:10.1126/science.aac6383

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Slip pulse and resonance of the Kathmandu basin during the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, Nepal

Published in Science • Aug 7, 2015

Authors:

J. Galetzka

Diego Melgar

J. F. Genrich

Abstract

Detailed geodetic imaging of earthquake ruptures enhances our understanding of earthquake physics and associated ground shaking. The 25 April 2015 moment magnitude 7.8 earthquake in Gorkha, Nepal was the first large continental megathrust rupture to have occurred beneath a high-rate (5-hertz) Global...

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Geology

Seismology

Slip (aerodynamics)

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