Damage induced by the 25 April 2015 Nepal earthquake in the Tibetan border region of China and increased post-seismic hazards

Wu, Zhonghai; Barosh, Patrick J.; Ha, Guanghao; Yao, Xin; Xu, Yongqiang; Liu, Jie

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-873-2019

Articles | Volume 19, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-873-2019

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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-19-873-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 4

Research article

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18 Apr 2019

Research article |

| 18 Apr 2019

Damage induced by the 25 April 2015 Nepal earthquake in the Tibetan border region of China and increased post-seismic hazards

Zhonghai Wu, Patrick J. Barosh, Guanghao Ha, Xin Yao, Yongqiang Xu, and Jie Liu

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Status: closed

AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Major revison', Anonymous Referee #1, 23 Aug 2018
- AC2: 'Reply to RC1', Zhonghai Wu, 19 Sep 2018
RC2: 'Review comment on nhess-2018-195', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 Aug 2018
- AC3: 'Reply to RC2', Zhonghai Wu, 19 Sep 2018
RC3: 'comments for the author', Anonymous Referee #3, 30 Aug 2018
- AC1: 'Reply to RC3', Guanghao Ha, 05 Sep 2018
SC1: 'Reviewer comments on nhess-2018-195',', Zhikun Ren, 31 Aug 2018
RC4: 'Reviewer‘’s comments', Anonymous Referee #4, 11 Sep 2018
- AC4: 'Replry to RC4', Zhonghai Wu, 19 Sep 2018

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (08 Oct 2018) by Maria Ana Baptista

AR by Zhonghai Wu on behalf of the Authors (07 Nov 2018) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (03 Dec 2018) by Maria Ana Baptista

RR by Anonymous Referee #4 (07 Dec 2018)

RR by Anonymous Referee #5 (30 Dec 2018)

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (06 Jan 2019) by Maria Ana Baptista

AR by Zhonghai Wu on behalf of the Authors (03 Feb 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (14 Feb 2019) by Maria Ana Baptista

RR by Anonymous Referee #5 (18 Feb 2019)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (27 Feb 2019) by Maria Ana Baptista

AR by Zhonghai Wu on behalf of the Authors (08 Mar 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (16 Mar 2019) by Maria Ana Baptista

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The main damage characteristics have been reported in Nepal caused by the 2015 Nepal earthquake but not in China. Our investigations suggested that damage caused by the earthquake in Tibet varies with intensity, amount of rock weakened by previous movement, steepness of slope, and lithology. The damage shows directional features mainly developed in the N-trending rifts in southern Tibet. The earthquake-induced landslides and collapses generally occurred where previous ones had taken place.