The impact of topography on seismic amplification during the 2005 Kashmir earthquake

Khan, Saad; van der Meijde, Mark; van der Werff, Harald; Shafique, Muhammad

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-20-399-2020

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05 Feb 2020

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| 05 Feb 2020

The impact of topography on seismic amplification during the 2005 Kashmir earthquake

Saad Khan, Mark van der Meijde, Harald van der Werff, and Muhammad Shafique

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RC1: 'Khan Kashmir-2005', Steven de Jong, 25 Feb 2019
- AC1: 'The impact of topography on seismic amplification during the 2005 Kashmir Earthquake', Saad Khan, 19 Oct 2019
RC2: 'A review on Khan 2019', Anonymous Referee #2, 25 Jul 2019
- AC2: 'The impact of topography on seismic amplification during the 2005 Kashmir Earthquake', Saad Khan, 19 Oct 2019

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ED: Reconsider after major revisions (further review by editor and referees) (04 Nov 2019) by Maria Ana Baptista

AR by Saad Khan on behalf of the Authors (08 Nov 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (08 Dec 2019) by Maria Ana Baptista

RR by Anonymous Referee #2 (18 Dec 2019)

ED: Publish as is (01 Jan 2020) by Maria Ana Baptista

AR by Saad Khan on behalf of the Authors (02 Jan 2020)

Short summary

On 8 October 2005 the region of Kashmir was struck by a devastating earthquake of magnitude 7.6. Northern Pakistan and the region of Kashmir were severely damaged. The official death toll according to the Pakistani government was 87 350. It was thought that the terrain could have played a crucial role in the damage caused by the earthquake directly or indirectly. In this article we found that the terrain played a crucial role in intensifying the devastation of the earthquake.