Earth Observatory of Singapore -- Research on Volcano, Earthquake, Tsunami and Climate Change Science

RESEARCH

Tectonics and Earthquakes

By combining historical records with understanding how faults behave, we can make more informed statements about future earthquakes.

-- Kerry Sieh, EOS Director

A goal of our work is to better understand the "personality" of each of the large faults in the region.

-- Paul Tapponnier, Head of Tectonics and Earthquake Research at EOS

West Sumatra Tsunami Hazard

Tsunami Hazard Mitigation for West Sumatra The proposed research includes the following tasks: evaluating the tsunami risk from local submarine earthquakes close to west Sumatra and developing new models to predict initial tsunamis,

West Sumatra Seismic & Tsunami Hazard

Integrated Seismic and Tsunami Hazard Assessment of West Sumatra, Indonesia The great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and tsunami of December 2004 shows the importance of understanding the seismic and tsunami hazards of subduction zones.

Surabaya Seismic Hazard & Risk

Development of Standard Procedure for Seismic Hazard and Risk Assessment of Cities in Southeast Asia The severity of earthquake disasters increases tremendously when major earthquakes hit densely populated urban centres.

Sumatran Paleoseismic Study

Paleoseismology and Paleogeodesy of the Sumatran Subduction Zone Large sections of the Sunda megathrust have failed progressively over the past decade in an extraordinary earthquake sequence.

Sumatran Geodesy

Sumatran Tectonic Geodesy We propose to investigate five aspects of the tectonic behaviour of the Sumatran section of the Sunda plate boundary, using Sumatran GPS Array (SuGAr) data.

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RESEARCH

Tectonics and Earthquakes

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