The source processes of the 4 January 1970, Tonghai earthquake (Ms = 7.5) and the 6 February 1973, Luhuo earthquake (Ms = 7.5) in southwestern China were investigated using an inversion technique on the very complex body waves. The two earthquakes were associated with 48 and 90 km of surficial strike-slip rupture, respectively, and the distribution of displacement with distance along the fault ...

Co-seismic deformation of the ground can be measured from aerial views taken before and after an earthquake. As a test example we chose the area of the Kickapoo-Landers stepover along the 1992 Landers earthquake zone, using air photos in a scale of 1:40,000 scanned at 0.4 m in resolution. A pair of photos acquired after the earthquake is used to assess the accuracy and evaluate various sources ...

Teleseismic body waveform modeling of the far-field P-and SH-waveforms and spectral analysis of P-waves are used to determine the source parameters of the March 25, 2006 Fin earthquake (mb 5.7). Its epicenter is located at the South of Iran in Hormozgan Province. The waveform modeling results show the earthquake was caused by a thrust motion on a NW-SE striking fault with parameters: Fault plan...

This paper presents the author's experiences in deploying and later establishing a Cuban field hospital in response to the major earthquake that struck Chile in February 2010. It also reveals the initial difficulties the medical team faced and how collaboration with local social, medical and military partners contributed to response efficiency, and highlights the importance of Cuba's internatio...

In this paper, we analyze synthetic aperture radar (SAR) interferograms derived from Envisat radar data. Use of interferograms from both ascending and descending satellite passes enables us to indicate regions of surface and near-surface slip which is used to modeling procedure. Also we used azimuth offset (AZO) data as additional data. This is horizontal displacement information for earthquake...

In an earthquake situation, medical response communities such as field and referral hospitals are being challenged with injured victims’ identification and tracking. In our project, we developed a patient tracking platform (PTP). In this platform, first responders triage the patients with an electronic tag that reports the location and some information of each patient during his or her movement...

Parallel manipulators are increasingly used in new applications by exploiting their better characteristics with respect to those of serial manipulators, such as higher stiffness, velocity and acceleration, payload. In this paper, experimental results are presented of a novel application of a 3-DOF CaPaMan (Cassino Parallel Manipulator) prototype to simulate point seismograms and 3D earthquake m...