Estimation of seismic intensity due to the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquakt

Author

Jeong, Byeong-Pyo ; Hosokawa, Masafumi ; Zama, Shinsaku ; Takizawa, Osamu

Volume

2

fYear

2009

fDate

12-17 July 2009

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2009.5418099

Filename

5418099