Cracking the cone: Kumamoto 2016
by James Moore, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
The surface rupture of the April 2016 Kumamoto earthquake bisecting a cone of Mt Aso, where the rupture arrested. This image illustrated the multi-hazard interaction of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, as the deformation from the earthquake contributed to the October eruption of Mt Aso.
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- Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology (901)
- Natural Hazards (507)
- Tectonics and Structural Geology (569)
Location
- Asia (1061)
- Eastern Asia (241)
- Japan (35)
- Exact location (131.0811 E, 32.8856 N)
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5184 × 3456 px;
image/jpeg; 12.3 MB
Camera:
Canon EOS 60D
Taken on 13
July
2017
Submitted on 13 February 2018
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Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
Credit
James Moore (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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