U33A
The 25 April 2015 M7.8 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake Sequence: Lessons Learned

Wednesday, 16 December 2015: 13:40-15:40
102 (Moscone South)
Primary Conveners:  Ramesh P. Singh, Chapman University, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Orange, CA, United States
Conveners:  Susan Elizabeth Hough, USGS Pasadena Field Office, Pasadena, CA, United States
Chairs:  Susan Elizabeth Hough, USGS Pasadena Field Office, Pasadena, CA, United States and Ramesh P. Singh, Chapman University, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Orange, CA, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Susan Elizabeth Hough, USGS, Pasadena, CA, United States
13:40
Incomplete décollement rupture in the 25 April 2015 Gurkha earthquake; Implications for past and future Himalayan earthquakes (Invited) (76038)
Rebecca O Bendick1, David Mencin2, Ellen Knappe3, Bishal Nath Upreti4, Abdelkrim Aoudia5, John Galetzka2 and Roger G Bilham6, (1)University of Montana, Geosciences, Missoula, MT, United States, (2)UNAVCO, Inc. Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)University of Montana, Missoula, MT, United States, (4)Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, (5)Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, (6)University of Colorado, CIRES,, Boulder, CO, United States
13:55
April 25, 2015, Gorkha Earthquake, Nepal and Sequence of Aftershocks: Key Lessons (Invited) (58693)
Amod Mani Dixit, National Society for Earthquake Technology - Nepal (NSET), Kathmandu, Nepal
14:10
The Advanced Rapid Imaging and Analysis (ARIA) Project’s Response to the April 25, 2015 M7.8 Nepal Earthquake: Rapid Measurements and Models for Science and Situational Awareness  (Invited) (58312)
Susan E Owen1, Eric Jameson Fielding1, Sang-Ho Yun1, Han Yue2, Jascha Polet3, Bryan V Riel2, Cunren Liang4, Mong-Han Huang1, Frank Webb1, Mark Simons2, Angelyn W Moore5, Piyush S. Agram4, William D Barnhart6, Hook Hua5, Zhen Liu1, Pietro Milillo2, Gian Franco Sacco5, Paul Alan Rosen5 and Gerald Manipon1, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (3)California State Polytechnic University Pomona, Pomona, CA, United States, (4)Jet Propulsion Lab Caltech, Pasadena, CA, United States, (5)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (6)University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States
14:25
Salient Features of the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal Earthquake in Relation to Earthquake Cycle and Dynamic Rupture Models (Invited) (58331)
Jean Paul Ampuero, California Institute of Technology, Seismological Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
14:55
Macroseismic Intensities from the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, Earthquake (Invited) (58240)
Stacey Servito Martin, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore and Susan Elizabeth Hough, USGS Pasadena Field Office, Pasadena, CA, United States
15:10
Landslide distribution resulting from the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake sequence (Invited) (58341)
Brian D Collins, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, United States and Randall Jibson, U.S. Geological Survey, Golden, CO, United States
15:25
Earthquake Forecasts for Gorkha Immediately Following the 25th April, M=7.8 Mainshock (Invited) (58604)
Tom Parsons, USGS, Menlo Park, CA, United States and Margarita Segkou, British Geological Survey, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
 
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