简介:The2018PaluMW7.5earthquakeandtsunamiattractedgeophysicists'attentionforitsstrikeslipfocalmechanismandmagnitude.Weinspectedthedetailsofthisdisasteranddiscusseditsparticularityandpossiblecausations.Thesubmarinelandslideandspecialterrainconditionscouldhavecontributedtotheunusualsizeofthetsunami.Theearlywarningsystemandthepostdisasterresponseisalsoreviewed.Efficientsocialwarningsandbroadcastsystemsalongwithgoodmaintenanceisessential.Wealsofoundthatenhancingpublicsscientificliteracyisthemostimportantwaytoreducedisasterdamageandcasualties.Moreover,socialconditionsandrebuildingdifficultiesposttsunamiarerelatedasreferenceresourcesforfuturedisastermanagementstrategies.
简介:ThedistributionoftheintensityoftheMojiangMS5.9earthquakeinYunnanProvinceisexpounded,andthedamagecharacteristicsofbuildingsandthedamageratioandseismicdamageindexofvariousbuildingstructuresineachintensityareaarecomparedwiththoseofTheChineseSeismicIntensityScale.Themainbasisandmethodofseismicintensityassessmentarediscussedinthispaper.Itisconcludedthat:①Theseismicintensityshouldbebasedontheearthquakedamageofthehousingstructure,whichtakesupahighratiointheseismicintensityassessment.Itisrecommendedthatseismicintensityisestimatedbycalculatingtheaverageseismicdamageindex.②ThehighestintensityoftheMojiangMS5.9earthquakeisVIIIdegrees,withthelongaxistrendinginthenorth-westdirection.TheareaaboveVIIdegreesis5,180km^2.③TheintensitydistributionoftheMojiangMS5.9earthquakemeetsthenationalstandardandthedistributionlawofseismicintensityinYunnan.