Prediction of susceptible areas of future earthquake induced by landslides in Padang Pariaman district, west Sumatera, Indonesia

• Main Authors: Umar, Zahrul, Ahmad, Anuar, Wan Akib, Wan Aziz
• Format: Book Section
• Published: Springer International Publishing 2015
• Subjects: G70.212-70.215 Geographic information system
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/74754/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09057-3_121
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

The island of Sumatera sits on top of Southeast Asia’s tectonics plate, which overrides the subducting Indian and Australian oceanic tectonic plates that convergence obliquely at about 50–60 mm/year. Based on the focal depth and dip angle, sub-duction zones are divided into interplate (megathrust) a...