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Damage Assessment of Cultural Heritage Structures after the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake: A Case Study of Jagannath Temple

Sujan Shrestha, Bipin Shrestha, Manjip Shakya, Prem Nath Maskey
Published: 01 December 2017
Earthquake Spectra (2017) 33 (1_suppl): 363–376.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1193/121616eqs241m
... level in 1935. In 2000, both roofs of the temple were restored completely, and some repair work in the wood-crafted elements was carried out ( KVPT 2000 ). Figure 8. Jagannath Temple before and after earthquake. After the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, a comprehensive visual damage assessment...
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A Qualitative Case Study of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene Resources after the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake

Sital Uprety, M. EERI, Juliet Iwelunmor, Nora Sadik, Bipin Dangol, Thanh H. Nguyen
Published: 01 December 2017
Earthquake Spectra (2017) 33 (1_suppl): 133–146.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1193/112916eqs212m
... by the 2015 Gorkha earthquake ( Thapa et al. 2016b ), an analysis of human behavior with respect to WASH after this earthquake is required to plan more effective relief efforts for future disasters. Researchers are increasingly using theoretical models and frameworks to understand WASH access and adequacy...
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Assessment of Infrastructure Resilience in the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake

Jin Zhu, Barsha Manandhar, Jenny Truong, N. Emel Ganapati, Nipesh Pradhananga, Rachel A. Davidson, Ali Mostafavi
Published: 01 December 2017
Earthquake Spectra (2017) 33 (1_suppl): 147–165.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1193/121116eqs231m
... infrastructure systems. To fill this knowledge gap, our study provides an example assessment of the resilience of Kathmandu Valley's electricity and water supply infrastructure systems in the 2015 Gorkha earthquake. The study is based on qualitative data collected over a period of one year following...
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Overview of the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake and the Earthquake Spectra Special Issue

Bret Lizundia, M. EERI, Rachel A. Davidson, M. EERI, Youssef M. A. Hashash, M. EERI, Rob Olshansky, M. EERI
Published: 01 December 2017
Earthquake Spectra (2017) 33 (1_suppl): 1–20.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1193/120817eqs252m
... at 11:56 a.m. local time (06:11:26 UTC), the M w 7.8 Gorkha earthquake occurred with an epicenter northwest of Kathmandu at 28.1473 N latitude and 84.7079 E longitude. As of March 2016, four earthquakes of M w 6.0 or larger had occurred, with the largest being the M w 7.3 aftershock on 12 May 2015...
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Improving Post-Earthquake Building Safety Evaluation using the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake Rapid Visual Damage Assessment Data

Max Didier, M. EERI, Salome Baumberger, Roman Tobler, Simona Esposito, Siddhartha Ghosh, M. EERI, Bozidar Stojadinovic, M. EERI
Published: 01 December 2017
Earthquake Spectra (2017) 33 (1_suppl): 415–438.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1193/112916eqs210m
...Max Didier, M. EERI; Salome Baumberger; Roman Tobler; Simona Esposito; Siddhartha Ghosh, M. EERI; Bozidar Stojadinovic, M. EERI A Rapid Visual Damage Assessment was initiated in the direct aftermath of the 2015 Gorkha earthquake to assess the safety and damage of residential buildings in the areas...
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A Rapid Response Network to Record Aftershocks of the 2015 M 7.8 Gorkha Earthquake in Nepal

Marianne S. Karplus, Mohan Pant, Soma Nath Sapkota, John Nábělek, Aaron A. Velasco, Lok Bijaya Adhikari, Abhijit Ghosh, Simon L. Klemperer, Vaclav Kuna, Manuel M. Mendoza, Jochen Braunmiller
Published: 06 May 2020
Seismological Research Letters (2020) 91 (4): 2399–2408.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1785/0220190394
... the damaging 25 April 2015 M 7.8 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal. Because of the continued earthquake risk presented by the continental collisional plate boundary at the Main Himalayan thrust and the high population densities in the region, collecting and processing data related to recent large earthquakes...
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Testing machine learning models for seismic damage prediction at a regional scale using building-damage dataset compiled after the 2015 Gorkha Nepal earthquake

Subash Ghimire, M. EERI, Philippe Guéguen, Sophie Giffard-Roisin, Danijel Schorlemmer
Published: 01 November 2022
Earthquake Spectra (2022) 38 (4): 2970–2993.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930221106495
... Eiffel, Grenoble,1381 Rue de la Piscine, 38610 Gières, France. Email: [email protected] 18 6 2021 24 5 2022 Machine learning 2015 Gorkha Nepal earthquake post-earthquake building-damage data building damage prediction regional and urban scale damage assessment...
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Adoption of seismic-resistant techniques in reconstructed housing in the aftermath of Nepal’s 2015 Gorkha earthquake

Eefje Hendriks, M.EERI, Aaron Opdyke, M.EERI
Published: 01 November 2021
Earthquake Spectra (2021) 37 (4): 2662–2686.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/87552930211009530
... communities in the Gorkha and Okhaldhunga districts, which received differing levels of technical assistance following the 2015 earthquakes. Seismic resistance of houses was assessed 3 years after the earthquakes. Findings from 955 houses in 25 communities show high degrees of adoption of earthquake-resistant...
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Significance of Nonplanar Rupture of the Mainshock and Optimal Faulting in Forecasting Aftershocks of the 2015 M w 7.8 Gorkha Earthquake

Neng Xiong, Fenglin Niu, Rongjiang Wang
Published: 08 April 2020
Seismological Research Letters (2020) 91 (3): 1606–1616.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1785/0220190254
...Neng Xiong; Fenglin Niu; Rongjiang Wang Abstract We computed the stress‐change tensor around the 2015 M w 7.8 Gorkha earthquake with two different rupture models: a simple uniformly dipping model and a complex ramp‐flat‐ramp‐flat fault‐slip model. In general, the Coulomb failure stress changes ( Δ...
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3D Fault Structure Inferred from a Refined Aftershock Catalog for the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake in Nepal

Masumi Yamada, Thakur Kandel, Koji Tamaribuchi, Abhijit Ghosh
Published: 19 November 2019
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (2020) 110 (1): 26–37.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1785/0120190075
...Masumi Yamada; Thakur Kandel; Koji Tamaribuchi; Abhijit Ghosh ABSTRACT In this article, we created a well‐resolved aftershock catalog for the 2015 Gorkha earthquake in Nepal by processing 11 months of continuous data using an automatic onset and hypocenter determination procedure. Aftershocks were...
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The 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake Sequence: II. Broadband Simulation of Ground Motion in Kathmandu

Meng Chen, Shengji Wei
Published: 05 March 2019
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (2019) 109 (2): 672–687.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1785/0120180174
...Meng Chen; Shengji Wei Abstract The relatively low damage in the Kathmandu Valley caused by the 2015 M w 7.8 Gorkha earthquake has attracted much attention. To gain a deeper understanding of this phenomenon, we conduct broadband ground‐motion simulations for both the mainshock and the M w 7.2...
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A New Strategy of Finite‐Fault Inversion Using Multiscale Waveforms and Its Application to the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake

Wei Liu, Huajian Yao
Published: 03 July 2018
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (2018) 108 (4): 1947–1961.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1785/0120170309
... to resolve smaller‐scale slip features. Our synthetic tests show that this new multiscale SA strategy works better at converging to the global minimum solution than the original SA approach. We also apply this new strategy to the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, earthquake. The results show that our recovered slip...
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Post-Disaster Damage Assessments as Catalysts for Recovery: A Look at Assessments Conducted in the Wake of the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake

David Lallemant, M. EERI, Robert Soden, Steven Rubinyi, Sabine Loos, Karen Barns, Gitanjali Bhattacharjee
Published: 01 December 2017
Earthquake Spectra (2017) 33 (1_suppl): 435–451.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1193/120316eqs222m
... 3 12 2016 5 9 2017 Modeled earthquake damage estimates were particularly important following the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, because the earthquake affected a large area (one third of Nepal), and in particular, remote mountain communities. USGS released the PAGER report the same day...
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Hydropower Infrastructure Performance after the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake Sequence

Menzer Pehlivan, M. EERI, Christopher Madden Madugo, M. EERI, Amy Macdonald, Deepak Rayamajhi, Youssef M. A. Hashash, M. EERI, Binod Tiwari
Published: 01 December 2017
Earthquake Spectra (2017) 33 (1_suppl): 115–132.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1193/121816eqs243m
...Menzer Pehlivan, M. EERI; Christopher Madden Madugo, M. EERI; Amy Macdonald; Deepak Rayamajhi; Youssef M. A. Hashash, M. EERI; Binod Tiwari Hydropower infrastructure, the primary source of electricity in Nepal, experienced severe damage following the 2015 Gorkha earthquake sequence, resulting...
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Issue Attention and Group Mobilization for Caste Rights following the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake

Sarah E. DeYoung, Samantha Penta
Published: 01 December 2017
Earthquake Spectra (2017) 33 (1_suppl): 403–416.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1193/120716eqs225m
... to underlying issues that were important for the people in Nepal—in this case, caste discrimination. This paper focuses on the framing and issue attention regarding caste after the 2015 Gorkha earthquake. It should be noted that although there are many minority groups in Nepal, we focus specifically...
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Building Damage Assessment in the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake Using Only Post-Event Dual Polarization Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery

Yanbing Bai, M. EERI, Bruno Adriano, Erick Mas, Shunichi Koshimura
Published: 01 December 2017
Earthquake Spectra (2017) 33 (1_suppl): 185–195.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1193/121516eqs232m
... Valley related to the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake and beyond , Geotechnical and Geological Engineering 34 , 1223 – 1245 . Pal M. , and Mather P. M. , 2004 . Assessment of the effectiveness of support vector machines for hyperspectral data , Future...
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Toward a Unified Near-Field Intensity Map of the 2015 M w 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake

Sujan Raj Adhikari, Gopi Baysal, Amod Dixit, Stacey S. Martin, Mattieu Landes, Remy Bossu, Susan E. Hough
Published: 01 December 2017
Earthquake Spectra (2017) 33 (1_suppl): 21–34.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1193/120716eqs226m
...Sujan Raj Adhikari; Gopi Baysal; Amod Dixit; Stacey S. Martin; Mattieu Landes; Remy Bossu; Susan E. Hough We develop a unified near-field shaking intensity map for the 25 April 2015 M w 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal, earthquake by synthesizing intensities derived from macroseismic effects that were determined...
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The Performance of Slender Monuments during the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake

Anjali Mehrotra, M. EERI, Matthew DeJong, M. EERI
Published: 01 December 2017
Earthquake Spectra (2017) 33 (1_suppl): 321–343.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1193/120616eqs223m
...Anjali Mehrotra, M. EERI; Matthew DeJong, M. EERI This paper studies damage to a few specific monuments in the Kathmandu Valley that were either partially or completely destroyed during the 2015 Gorkha earthquake. Three of these structures—namely, the Basantapur Column, the Dharahara Tower...
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Observations and Simulations of Basin Effects in the Kathmandu Valley during the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake Sequence

Domniki Asimaki, M. EERI, Kami Mohammadi, Henry B. Mason, M. EERI, Rachel K. Adams, Sudhir Rajaure, Diwakar Khadka
Published: 01 December 2017
Earthquake Spectra (2017) 33 (1_suppl): 35–53.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1193/013117eqs022m
..., with the intent to shed light on earthquake reconnaissance observations from this earthquake. Figure 3. (top) Map depicting the epicenters of the 25 April 2015 M7.8 Gorkha and M6.6 25 April 2015 west of the valley and the 12 May 2015 M7.3 Dolakha and 26 April 2015 M6.7 earthquakes on the east, as well...
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Performance of Medium-to-High Rise Reinforced Concrete Frame Buildings with Masonry Infill in the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake

Andre R. Barbosa, M. EERI, Larry A. Fahnestock, M. EERI, Damon R. Fick, M. EERI, Dipendra Gautam, M. EERI, Rajendra Soti, M. EERI, Richard Wood, M. EERI, Babak Moaveni, Andreas Stavridis, M. EERI, Michael J. Olsen, M. EERI, Hugo Rodrigues
Published: 01 December 2017
Earthquake Spectra (2017) 33 (1_suppl): 197–218.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1193/051017eqs087m
... collapsed and 16,971 RC frame houses were damaged due to the Gorkha earthquake sequence ( NPC 2015 ). Most of the collapsed structures were nonengineered or followed prescriptive design codes—for example, NBC 201 ( NBC 1994b ) and NBC 205 ( NBC 1994c )—known in Nepal as mandatory rules of thumb (MRT...
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