A novel control strategy for reproducing the floor motions of high-rise buildings by earthquake-simulating shake tables
Available online 25 May 2023
To enable the experimental assessment of the seismic performance of full-scale nonstructural elements with multiple engineering parameters (EDPs), a three-layer testbed named Nonstructural Element Simulator...
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The dynamic characteristics of saturated remolded loess under cyclic load
Available online 25 May 2023
Due to the joint development characteristic and macropore structure of loess, it is easy to cause structure collapse under earthquake or artificial vibration. The study on the loess disaster effect...
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Rapid report of seismic damage to hospitals in the 2023 Turkey earthquake sequences
Available online 9 May 2023
The seismic performance of medical systems is crucial for the seismic resilience of communities. The report summarizes the observed damage to twelve hospital buildings in the area affected by the MW7.8...
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Development of piezoelectric-based technology for application in civil structural health monitoring
April 2023
Piezoelectric material, as one of the great potential materials, had attracted lots of attention all over the world due to its distinguish advantages. In this paper, the development of piezoelectric-based...
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Lacustrine sedimentary responses to earthquakes—soft-sediment deformation structures since late Pleistocene: A review of current understanding
April 2023
The traces left by earthquakes in lacustrine sediments are studied to determine the occurrence of ancient earthquakes by identifying seismically induced soft-sediment deformation structures (SSDS)....
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Uncertainty in the seismic performance of semi-active base isolation systems
April 2023
In a conventional base isolation system, minimizing the seismic responses of the superstructure is always at the cost of increasing the isolator's response. The semi-active control of the isolator has...
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Spatio-temporal variations of shallow seismic velocity changes in Salton Sea Geothermal Field, California in response to large regional earthquakes and long-term geothermal activities
April 2023
We measure spatio-temporal variations of seismic velocity changes in Salton Sea Geothermal Field, California based on cross correlations of daily seismic traces recorded by a borehole seismic network...
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Earthquake-triggered landslide interpretation model of high resolution remote sensing imageries based on bag of visual word
April 2023
Traditional visual interpretation is often inefficient due to its excessively workload professional knowledge and strong subjectivity. Therefore, building an automatic interpretation model on high spatial...
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Source rupture characteristics of the September 5, 2022 Luding MS 6.8 earthquake at the Xianshuihe fault zone in southwest China
April 2023
On September 5, 2022, at Beijing time 12:52 p.m., an MS 6.8 earthquake struck Luding County, Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province. The epicenter of the earthquake was at the intersection...
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Evaluating and correcting short-term clock drift in data from temporary seismic deployments
April 2023
Temporary seismic network deployments often suffer from incorrect timing records and thus pose a challenge to fully utilize the valuable data. To inspect and fix such time problems, the ambient noise...
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Rapid assessment of the September 5, 2022 MS 6.8 Luding earthquake in Sichuan, China
April 2023
At 12:52, September 5, 2022, an MS 6.8 earthquake occurred in Luding, Sichuan. The earthquake caused serious casualties and property loss, and was determined to have an epicenter intensity of IX degree....
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Indian plate blocked by the thickened Eurasian crust in the middle of the continental collision zone of southern Tibet
Available online 28 April 2023
The relationship of the crustal contact between the Indian and Eurasian plates is a key issue in understanding crustal thickening and the subduction of the Indian lithosphere beneath the Tibetan Plateau....
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Spatial correlations in ground motion intensity measuring from 2023 Turkey earthquake
Available online 25 April 2023
When evaluating an area's seismic risk or resilience, it is necessary to use the spatial correlation to analyze the ground motion parameters of multiple sites together in an earthquake. The two large...
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Detailed sedimentary structure of the Mianning segment of the Anninghe fault zone revealed by H/V spectral ratio
Available online 22 April 2023
The Anninghe fault is a major left-lateral strike-slip fault in southwest China and a seismic gap with a potential earthquake larger than Mw7.0 lies in the Mianning-Xichang segment according to recent...
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Preliminary report of coseismic surface rupture (part) of Turkey's Mw7.8 earthquake by remote sensing interpretation
Available online 6 April 2023
Both Mw 7.8 and Mw 7.5 earthquakes occurred in southeastern Turkey on February 6th, 2023, resulting in numerous buildings collapsing and serious casualties. Understanding the distribution of coseismic...
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Advances in experiments and numerical simulations on the effects of stress perturbations on fault slip
Available online 3 April 2023
Laboratory experiments and numerical simulations on rock friction perturbations, an important means for understanding the mechanism and influencing factors of stress-triggered earthquakes, are of great...
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Freely accessible inventory and spatial distribution of large-scale landslides in Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, China
Available online 30 March 2023
In this study, we used high-resolution optical satellite images on the Google Earth platform to map large-scale landslides in Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, China. After mapping, a comprehensive and...
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Influences of across-strike heterogeneous viscosity on the earthquake cycle in a three-dimensional strike-slip fault model
Available online 26 March 2023
Geodetic observations have shown that there exist large differences in the viscosity of the deep lithosphere across many large strike-slip faults. Heterogeneity in lithospheric viscosity structure can...
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Focal mechanism of Luding M6.8 earthquake, September 2022 and analysis of the loading role of the tectonic stress on seismogenic fault
Available online 13 March 2023
To reveal the seismogenic mechanism of the Luding earthquake, we employed the 118 China Seismic Network stations to collect the P-wave polarity data from each station, which was then used in the P-wave...
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A palaeoearthquake event and its age revealed by travertine layer along the litang fault in the southeastern margin of the Tibetan plateau
Available online 16 February 2023
The Litang fault (LTF), located in the southeast of the Tibetan Plateau, is known for its high level of present-day seismicity, whereas its Pleistocene activity has been scarcely documented. This study...
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Rapid report of June 1, 2022 MW 5.9 Lushan earthquake, China with geodetic and teleseismic data
January 2023
Timely response to earthquake characterization can facilitate earthquake emergency rescue and further scientific investigations. On June 1, 2022, MW 5.9 earthquake occurred in the southern area of the...
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Assessment of strong earthquake risk in the Chinese mainland from 2021 to 2030
January 2023
The long-term earthquake prediction from 2021 to 2030 is carried out by researching the active tectonic block boundary zones in the Chinese mainland. Based on the strong earthquake recurrence model,...
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3D S-wave velocity structure of the Ningdu basin in Jiangxi province inferred from ambient noise tomography with dense array
January 2023
The Ningdu basin, located in southern Jiangxi province of southwest China, is one of the Mesozoic basin groups which has exploration prospects for geothermal energy. A study on the detailed velocity...
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Rapid report of seismic damage to buildings in the 2022 M 6.8 Luding earthquake, China
January 2023
The report summarizes the observed damage to a variety of buildings near the epicenter of the M6.8 Luding earthquake in Sichuan Province, China. They include base-isolated buildings, multi-story reinforced...
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An open-accessed inventory of landslides triggered by the MS 6.8 Luding earthquake, China on September 5, 2022
January 2023
This study constructs a preliminary inventory of landslides triggered by the MS 6.8 Luding earthquake based on field investigation and human-computer interaction visual interpretation on optical satellite...
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