Reconnaissance report on geotechnical effects and structural damage caused by the 3 January 2017 Tripura earthquake, India

Anbazhagan, P and Mog, Kunjari and Rao, K S Nanjunda and Prabhu, N Siddharth and Agarwal, Ayush and Reddy, G R and Ghosh, Sima and Deb, Malay Kr and Baruah, Saurabh and Das, Sarat Kr (2019) Reconnaissance report on geotechnical effects and structural damage caused by the 3 January 2017 Tripura earthquake, India. In: NATURAL HAZARDS, 98 (2). pp. 425-450.

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Abstract

An earthquake of moment magnitude M-w 5.7 shook the northeastern region of India on 3 January 2017 at 14 h:39 min:0.5 s local time. The duration of the tremor lasted for about 5-6 s and had its epicenter in Dhalai District, Tripura, India. Even though the earthquake was of moderate magnitude, it caused damage to several masonry dwellings in Tripura and triggered soil liquefaction, lateral spreading, and landslides near the epicentral area. The sand boils containing appreciable amount of silts were ejected to the ground surface at the Kanchanbari and Kumarghat area due to the liquefaction-induced upward ground water flow. This is possibly the first liquefaction evidence in India induced due to a moderate earthquake magnitude of M-w 5.7. This paper reports the field reconnaissance observations of geotechnical effects and damage to buildings following a shallow, strike-slip earthquake in northeast India on 3 January 2017. In addition, the distribution of surface peak ground acceleration of the earthquake estimated from the empirical equations based on the available data is evaluated and discussed.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	NATURAL HAZARDS
Publisher:	SPRINGER
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to SPRINGER
Keywords:	Tripura earthquake; Geotechnical effects; Structural damage; Liquefaction; Peak ground acceleration
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Civil Engineering
Date Deposited:	31 Jan 2020 05:11
Last Modified:	31 Jan 2020 05:11
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/64218

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