Strong-Motion Observations of the M 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake Sequence and Development of the N-SHAKE Strong-Motion Network

• Main Authors: Dixit, Amod Mani, Ringler, Adam T., Sumy, Danielle F., Cochran, Elizabeth S., Hough, Susan E., Martin, Stacey Servito, Gibbons, Steven, Luetgert, James H., Galetzka, John, Shrestha, Surya Narayan, Rajaure, Sudhir, McNamara, Daniel E.
• Other Authors: Earth Observatory of Singapore
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Strong motion; Gorkha earthquake; N-SHAKE; Nepal earthquake; QCN; NetQuakes
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104423; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/38850
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We present and describe strong-motion data observations from the 2015 M 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal, earthquake sequence collected using existing and new Quake-Catcher Network (QCN) and U.S. Geological Survey NetQuakes sensors located in the Kathmandu Valley. A comparison of QCN data with waveforms recorded b...