Abhijit GhoshAssociate Professor of GeophysicsEarth & Planetary Sciences Dep aghosh@ucr.edu(951) 827-4493
"Collaborative Research: Rapid Response to the Mw 7.9 Earthquakeof April 25, 2015 in Nepal"
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AWARD NUMBER
007506-002
FUND NUMBER
33153
STATUS
Closed
AWARD TYPE
3-Grant
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AWARD EXECUTION DATE
6/16/2015
BEGIN DATE
6/15/2015
END DATE
5/31/2016
AWARD AMOUNT
$15,894
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Sponsor Information
SPONSOR AWARD NUMBER
SPONSOR
SPONSOR TYPE
FUNCTION
Organized Research
PROGRAM NAME
Proposal Information
PROPOSAL NUMBER
15111321
PROPOSAL TYPE
New
ACTIVITY TYPE
Basic Research
PI Information
PI
Ghosh, Abhijit
PI TITLE
Other
PI DEPTARTMENT
Earth and Planetary Sciences
PI COLLEGE/SCHOOL
College of Nat & Agr Sciences
CO PIs
Project Information
ABSTRACT
This project is a rapid action to deploy a temporary seismological network following the Mw 7.9 earthquake of April 25, 2015 in Nepal. Data collected during the project will be made openly available to the seismological community one month after the array is uninstalled. This data collection impacts the Himalayan region known for its great seismological hazard. Aftershock deployment in the area of the 2015 earthquake will enable seismologists to conduct research, which will increase our understanding of the behavior of the Main Himalayan Thrust, a major underground fault responsible of this and other historical destructive earthquakes in the Himalayan region.
In this project 25 seismic stations will be deployed in the greater epicentral region of the April 25, 2015 earthquake, and in western Nepal where a long-standing gap has accumulated about 10 m of deficit of slip since it last ruptured in 1505. These data will be useful in particular to determine a well-constrained source model of the 2015 earthquake, define the geometry of the Main Himalayan thrust, and analyze the relationship between post-seismic deformation and aftershocks. This deployment will be closely coordinated with another rapid deployment by US universities with 20 additional seismic stations that will increase the size of the monitoring network.(Abstract from NSF)
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