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SUBMITTER: Meijde MV
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7038233 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Meijde Mark van der MV Ashrafuzzaman Md M Kerle Norman N Khan Saad S Werff Harald van der HV
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) 20200126 3
It remains elusive why there was only weak and limited ground shaking in Kathmandu valley during the 25 April 2015 Mw 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal, earthquake. Our spectral element numerical simulations show that, during this earthquake, surface topography restricted the propagation of seismic energy into the valley. The mountains diverted the incoming seismic wave mostly to the eastern and western margins of the valley. As a result, we find de-amplification of peak ground displacement in most of the valle ...[more]