Articles | Volume 10, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-463-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-10-463-2019
Research article
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04 Apr 2019
Research article |  | 04 Apr 2019

Effects of finite source rupture on landslide triggering: the 2016 Mw 7.1 Kumamoto earthquake

Sebastian von Specht, Ugur Ozturk, Georg Veh, Fabrice Cotton, and Oliver Korup

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We show the landslide response to the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake (Mw 7.1) in central Kyushu (Japan). Landslides are concentrated to the northeast of the rupture, coinciding with the propagation direction of the earthquake. This azimuthal variation in the landslide concentration is linked to the seismic rupture process itself and not to classical landslide susceptibility factors. We propose a new ground-motion model that links the seismic radiation pattern with the landslide distribution.