Early warning system for landslide hazard caused by earthquake and rainfall in West Sumatera province, Indonesia

• Main Authors: Umar, Zahrul, Ahmad, Anuar, Wan Mohd. Akib, Wan Abdul Aziz
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: GE Environmental Sciences
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/37579/; http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=6720024&tag=1
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

On Wednesday September 30, 2009, at 17:16 pm, a 7.6 Mw earthquake strucked the west coast of Sumatera, Indonesia. The earthquake caused severe landslide, death of 1,195 people and significant damage to approximately 140,000 houses and 4,000 other buildings. Out of the 1,195 people who died, 375 peop...