Title :
Estimation of seismic intensity due to the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquakt
Author :
Jeong, Byeong-Pyo ; Hosokawa, Masafumi ; Zama, Shinsaku ; Takizawa, Osamu
Abstract :
The great earthquake that occurred in Sichuan, China on May 12, 2008 claimed about 70, 000 precious lives. It is necessary to quickly pinpoint the areas where extensive damage is expected when such a big earthquake occurs and quickly input limited resources. As an attempt to instantaneously pinpoint the areas where extensive damage is expected, we classified landform of Sichuan Province, China using SRTM-3 and estimated the amplification factor and distribution of seismic intensity of Great Wenchuan Earthquake(2008) based on our results.
Keywords :
earthquakes; remote sensing by radar; seismology; topography (Earth); AD 2008 05 12; China; SRTM-3; Shuttle Radar Topography Mission; Sichuan Province; Wenchuan earthquake; landform classification; seismic intensity; site amplification factor; Earth; Earthquakes; Fires; Land surface; NASA; Optical interferometry; Sea surface; Seismic measurements; Space shuttles; Surface topography; Landform Classification; SRTM-3; Seismic Intensity; Site Amplification Factor; Wenchuan Earthquake;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium,2009 IEEE International,IGARSS 2009
Conference_Location :
Cape Town
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3394-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3395-7
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5418099
