Field investigation on the performance of building structures during the April 25, 2015, Gorkha earthquake in Nepal

K Sharma, L Deng, CC Noguez - Engineering Structures, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract On April 25, 2015, a major earthquake of moment magnitude M w 7.8 struck the
Gorkha District of Nepal at 11: 56 am local time (6: 11 am UTC). One major aftershock of M w …

[HTML][HTML] The 2015 Gorkha Nepal earthquake: insights from earthquake damage survey

K Goda, T Kiyota, RM Pokhrel, G Chiaro… - Frontiers in Built …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
The 2015 Gorkha Nepal earthquake caused tremendous damage and loss. To gain
valuable lessons from this tragic event, an earthquake damage investigation team was …

Drinking water quality and public health in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal: coliform bacteria, chemical contaminants, and health status of consumers

B Sarkar, E Mitchell, S Frisbie, L Grigg… - … and Public Health, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Residents of Nepal's Kathmandu Valley draw drinking water from tube wells, dug wells, and
stone spouts, all of which have been reported to have serious water quality issues. In this …

Stratigraphic division and sedimentary facies of the Kathmandu Basin Group, central Nepal

H Sakai - Journal of Nepal Geological Society, 2001 - cir.nii.ac.jp
抄録< jats: p> On the basis of core drillings for academic purpose and surface geological
survey in the Kathmandu Basin, I propose separate stratigraphic schemes of the basin-fill …

[HTML][HTML] Reconnaissance report on geotechnical and structural damage caused by the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake, Nepal

G Chiaro, T Kiyota, RM Pokhrel, K Goda, T Katagiri… - Soils and …, 2015 - Elsevier
On 25 April 2015, a moment magnitude (M w) 7.8 earthquake struck the Gorkha District of
Nepal. Two major aftershocks (M w 6.6 and M w 6.7) followed the mainshock contributing to …

Environmental magnetic approach towards the quantification of pollution in Kathmandu urban area, Nepal

P Gautam, U Blaha, E Appel, G Neupane - … Chemistry of the Earth, parts A …, 2004 - Elsevier
The Kathmandu Valley is a bowl-shaped intermontane basin, which occupies an area of 583
km2 in the heart of the Himalayas, with its floor at≈ 1400 m and the surrounding mountains …

Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment of Nepal

VL Stevens, SN Shrestha… - Bulletin of the …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
We carry out a new probabilistic seismic hazard analysis (PSHA) for Nepal. The 2015 M w
7.8 Gorkha, Nepal, earthquake (hereafter the Gorkha earthquake) highlights the seismic risk …

Seismites in the Kathmandu basin and seismic hazard in central Himalaya

JL Mugnier, P Huyghe, AP Gajurel, BN Upreti… - Tectonophysics, 2011 - Elsevier
Soft-sediment deformation structures have been analyzed at six sites of the Kathmandu
valley. Microgranulometric study reveals that silty levels (60 to 80% silt) favor the …

Basement topography of the Kathmandu Basin using microtremor observation

YR Paudyal, R Yatabe, NP Bhandary… - Journal of Asian Earth …, 2013 - Elsevier
Kathmandu Valley, an intermontane basin of the Himalaya, has experienced many
destructive earthquakes in the past. The observations of the damage pattern during the 1934 …

The 2015 Mw 7.8 Gorkha Earthquake in Nepal and its aftershocks: analysis of strong ground motion

R Rupakhety, S Olafsson, B Halldorsson - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2017 - Springer
Various aspects of the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake and its aftershocks are presented, and
different hypotheses about the nature of long period pulses observed in ground motion …