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Fig. 1

From: Strong ground motion in the Kathmandu Valley during the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal, earthquake

Fig. 1

Location map. a Observation sites in the Kathmandu Valley with geological formations (modified from Shrestha et al. 1998). Strong-motion accelerometer (SMA) stations are divided into HU-TU (Hokkaido University and Tribhuvan University; red) and USGS sites (green). The GPS stations were used in Galetzka et al. (2015). b The epicenter of the 2015 Gorkha earthquake is shown by the red star. The fault plane shown with the red rectangular and the focal mechanism are estimated by USGS (2015a)

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