The intensity of ground motion from future earthquakes in the Mentawai Islands, Sumatra

• Main Author: Han, Xiaohan.
• Other Authors: Kusnowidjaja Megawati
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering::Structures and design
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/38665
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

From the clues of the historic rupture events on the Mentawai segment of the Sumatran Megathrust, the new rupture cycle has arrived signalled by the September 2007 earthquake events. The accumulated strain since last gigantic rupture in 1797 and 1833 is sufficient to generate an earthquake with Mw 8...