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Total Electron Content and Epicentral Distance of 2015 Mw 7.8 Nepal Earthquake Revealed by Continuous Observations Data


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1 North Eastern Space Application Centre, Umiam 793 103, India
2 Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad 826 004, India
3 Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun 248 001, India
 

A large magnitude (Mw 7.8) earthquake occurred on 25 April 2015 (06:11 UTC) at 28.1473°N and 84.7079°E, 34 km east-southeast of Lamjung, Nepal. The devastating event was accompanied by two large aftershocks of Mw 6.6 (on 25 April 2015, 06:45 UTC) and Mw 6.7 (on 26 April 2015 at 09:10 UTC). According to the USGS earthquake catalogue, 65 aftershocks were recorded within a period of three days from the main event; the strongest aftershock had occurred on 12 May 2015 at 07:05 UTC.
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  • Total Electron Content and Epicentral Distance of 2015 Mw 7.8 Nepal Earthquake Revealed by Continuous Observations Data

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Authors

Gopal Sharma
North Eastern Space Application Centre, Umiam 793 103, India
S. Mohanty
Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad 826 004, India
P. K. Champati Ray
Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun 248 001, India
M. Somorjit Singh
North Eastern Space Application Centre, Umiam 793 103, India
K. K. Sarma
North Eastern Space Application Centre, Umiam 793 103, India
P. L. N. Raju
North Eastern Space Application Centre, Umiam 793 103, India

Abstract


A large magnitude (Mw 7.8) earthquake occurred on 25 April 2015 (06:11 UTC) at 28.1473°N and 84.7079°E, 34 km east-southeast of Lamjung, Nepal. The devastating event was accompanied by two large aftershocks of Mw 6.6 (on 25 April 2015, 06:45 UTC) and Mw 6.7 (on 26 April 2015 at 09:10 UTC). According to the USGS earthquake catalogue, 65 aftershocks were recorded within a period of three days from the main event; the strongest aftershock had occurred on 12 May 2015 at 07:05 UTC.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv115%2Fi1%2F27-29