@article{6ce7c18ec10d42e09555c2056c1e0723,
title = "Strong-motion characteristics and visual damage assessment around Seismic stations in Kathmandu after the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake",
abstract = "A rapid visual damage assessment of buildings around four strong-motion seismic stations in Kathmandu Valley was carried out after the damaging Gorkha, Nepal earthquake (Mw7.8) of 25 April 2015. The waveforms of the main shock recorded at these stations were compared with the damage to buildings around the stations. The damage was found to be related to strong-motion characteristics of the earthquake. A dominance of long-period oscillation could be observed in the records. The damage to low-rise buildings in the valley was less than anticipated from an earthquake of this magnitude given that the majority of buildings were built without proper engineering consideration. The acceleration response spectra of one of the sedimentary sites show high response in the 1–2 s period range, and nearly 10% of the buildings, which were all low-rise, suffered damage around this site.",
author = "Subeg Bijukchhen and Nobuo Takai and Michiko Shigefuji and Masayoshi Ichiyanagi and Tsutomu Sasatani",
note = "Funding Information: We used the Generic Mapping Tools (Wessel et al. 2013) to prepare some of this figures in the paper. We would like to acknowledge USGS (USGS 2015) for the data regarding epicenter location, origin time, and the focal mechanism. The MFT surface extension drawn in the location map was based on (Lave and Avouac 2000). We would like to acknowledge Prof. Dr. M. R. Dhital and Mr. Sudhir Rajaure from the Central Department of Geology at the Tribhuvan University in Nepal for their important role in maintaining the strong-motion network. A part of this study was supported by the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research No. 23404005 from MEXT, Heiwa Nakajima Foundation, Obayashi Foundation, and MEXT of Japan, under its Earthquake and Volcano Hazards Observation and Research Program. We are grateful to the anonymous reviewers who gave their time to review the manuscript and helped improve it. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute",
year = "2017",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1193/042916EQS074M",
language = "English",
volume = "33",
pages = "S219--S242",
journal = "Earthquake Spectra",
issn = "8755-2930",
publisher = "Earthquake Engineering Research Institute",
number = "Special issue 1",
}