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Wenchuan Earthquake Surface Fault Rupture and Disaster : A Lesson on Seismic Hazard Assessment and Mitigation
Joint Authors
Du, Yi
Wang, Zhenming
Xie, Furen
Source
International Journal of Geophysics
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-09-13
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The Ms 8.0 Wenchuan earthquake occurred along the Longmenshan Faults in China and was a great disaster.
Most of the damage and casualties during the quake were concentrated along surface rupture zones: the 240-km-long Beichuan-Yingxiu Fault and the 70-km-long Jiangyou-Guanxian Fault.
Although the Longmenshan Faults are well known and studied, the surface Fault ruptures were not considered in mitigation planning, and the associated ground-motion hazard was therefore underestimated.
Not considering Fault rupture and underestimating ground-motion hazard contributed to the disastrous effects of the earthquake.
The lesson from the Wenchuan earthquake disaster is that the fault rupture hazard must be assessed and considered in mitigation.
Furthermore, the deterministic approach is more appropriate for fault rupture hazard assessment than the probabilistic approach.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Du, Yi& Xie, Furen& Wang, Zhenming. 2012. Wenchuan Earthquake Surface Fault Rupture and Disaster : A Lesson on Seismic Hazard Assessment and Mitigation. International Journal of Geophysics،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Du, Yi…[et al.]. Wenchuan Earthquake Surface Fault Rupture and Disaster : A Lesson on Seismic Hazard Assessment and Mitigation. International Journal of Geophysics No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-512796
American Medical Association (AMA)
Du, Yi& Xie, Furen& Wang, Zhenming. Wenchuan Earthquake Surface Fault Rupture and Disaster : A Lesson on Seismic Hazard Assessment and Mitigation. International Journal of Geophysics. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-512796
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-512796