G.J. Leonard D. H. Shugar U. K. Haritashya A. Bevington E.J. Fielding K. Fujita M. Geertsema E. S. Miles J. Steiner E. Anderson S. Bajracharya G.W. Bawden D. F. Breashears A. Byers B. Collins M. R. Dhital A. Donnellan T. L. Evans M. L. Geai M. T. Glasscoe D. Green D. R. Gurung R. Heijenk A. Hilborn K. Hudnut C. Huyck W. W. Immerzeel Jiang Li R. Jibson A. Kaab N. R. Khanal D. Kirschbaum P. D. A. Kraaijenbrink D. Lamsal Liu Shiyin Lv Mingyang D. McKinney N. K. Nahirnick Nan Zhuotong S. Ojha J. Olsenholler T. H. Painter M. Pleasants K. C. Pratima Q. I. Yuan B.H. Raup D. Regmi D. R. Rounce A. Sakai Shangguan Donghui J. M. Shea A. B. Shrestha A. Shukla D. Stumm M. van der Kooij K. Voss Wang Xin B. Weihs Wu Lizong Yao Xiaojun M. R. Yoder N. Young J.S. Kargel 2016 <p><span>The Gorkha earthquake (magnitude 7.8) on 25 April 2015 and later aftershocks struck South Asia, killing ~9000 people and damaging a large region. Supported by a large campaign of responsive satellite data acquisitions over the earthquake disaster zone, our team undertook a satellite image survey of the earthquakes&rsquo; induced geohazards in Nepal and China and an assessment of the geomorphic, tectonic, and lithologic controls on quake-induced landslides. Timely analysis and communication aided response and recovery and informed decision-makers. We mapped 4312 coseismic and postseismic landslides. We also surveyed 491 glacier lakes for earthquake damage but found only nine landslide-impacted lakes and no visible satellite evidence of outbursts. Landslide densities correlate with slope, peak ground acceleration, surface downdrop, and specific metamorphic lithologies and large plutonic intrusions.</span></p> application/pdf 10.1126/science.aac8353 en American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Geomorphic and geologic controls of geohazards induced by Nepal’s 2015 Gorkha earthquake article