Geotechnical effects of the 2015 magnitude 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake and Aftershocks

Robb E.S. Moss; Eric M. Thompson; D. Scott Kieffer; Binod Tiwari; Youssef M.A. Hashash; Indra Acharya; Basanta Raj Adhikari; Domniki Asimaki; Kevin B. Clahan; Brian D. Collins; Sachindra Dahal; Randall W. Jibson; Diwakar Khadka; Amy Macdonald; Chris L.M. Madugo; H. Benjamin Mason; Menzer Pehlivan; Deepak Rayamajhi; Sital Uprety

doi:10.1785/0220150158

Geotechnical effects of the 2015 magnitude 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake and Aftershocks

Robb E.S. Moss, Eric M. Thompson, D. Scott Kieffer, Binod Tiwari, Youssef M.A. Hashash, Indra Acharya, Basanta Raj Adhikari, Domniki Asimaki, Kevin B. Clahan, Brian D. Collins, Sachindra Dahal, Randall W. Jibson, Diwakar Khadka, Amy Macdonald, Chris L.M. Madugo, H. Benjamin Mason, Menzer Pehlivan, Deepak Rayamajhi, Sital Uprety

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This article summarizes the geotechnical effects of the 25 April 2015 M 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal, earthquake and aftershocks, as documented by a reconnaissance team that undertook a broad engineering and scientific assessment of the damage and collected perishable data for future analysis. Brief descriptions are provided of ground shaking, surface fault rupture, landsliding, soil failure, and infrastructure performance. The goal of this reconnaissance effort, led by Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance, is to learn from earthquakes and mitigate hazards in future earthquakes.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1514-1523
Number of pages	10
Journal	Seismological Research Letters
Volume	86
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1785/0220150158
State	Published - Nov 1 2015

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Moss, R. E. S., Thompson, E. M., Scott Kieffer, D., Tiwari, B., Hashash, Y. M. A., Acharya, I., Adhikari, B. R., Asimaki, D., Clahan, K. B., Collins, B. D., Dahal, S., Jibson, R. W., Khadka, D., Macdonald, A., Madugo, C. L. M., Benjamin Mason, H., Pehlivan, M., Rayamajhi, D., & Uprety, S. (2015). Geotechnical effects of the 2015 magnitude 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake and Aftershocks. Seismological Research Letters, 86(6), 1514-1523. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220150158

Moss, RES, Thompson, EM, Scott Kieffer, D, Tiwari, B, Hashash, YMA, Acharya, I, Adhikari, BR, Asimaki, D, Clahan, KB, Collins, BD, Dahal, S, Jibson, RW, Khadka, D, Macdonald, A, Madugo, CLM, Benjamin Mason, H, Pehlivan, M, Rayamajhi, D & Uprety, S 2015, 'Geotechnical effects of the 2015 magnitude 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake and Aftershocks', Seismological Research Letters, vol. 86, no. 6, pp. 1514-1523. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220150158

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