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CHAN Chung-Han

Senior Research Fellow

Phone:

+(65) 6592 3129

Email:

chchan@ntu.edu.sg

Office Location:

N2-01a-14

Research Group:

Tectonics

Team:

Earthquake Geology - Kerry Sieh

Publications:

Chan, C-H., Ma K-F., Lee Y-T., & Wang Y-J. (2019). Rethinking Seismic Source Model of Probabilistic Hazard Assessment in Taiwan after the 2018 Hualien, Taiwan, Earthquake Sequence. Seismological Research Letters. 90, 88-96.
Qiu, Q., & Chan C-H. (2019). Coulomb stress perturbation after great earthquakes in the Sumatran subduction zone: Potential impacts in the surrounding region. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 180,
Qiu, Q., Li L., Hsu Y-J., Wang Y., Chan C-H., & Switzer A. (2019). Revised earthquake sources along Manila trench for tsunami hazard assessment in the South China Sea. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. 19, 1565–1583.
Shi, X., Wang Y., Sieh K. E., Weldon, II R. J., Feng L., Chan C-H., et al. (2018). Fault Slip and GPS Velocities Across the Shan Plateau Define a Curved Southwestward Crustal Motion Around the Eastern Himalayan Syntaxis. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth.
Li, L., Switzer A. D., Wang Y., Chan C-H., Qiu Q., & Weiss R. (2018). A modest 0.5-m rise in sea level will double the tsunami hazard in Macau. Science Advances. 4(8),
Chan, C-H., Wang Y., Almeida R., & Yadav R B S. (2017). Enhanced stress and changes to regional seismicity due to the 2015 M-w 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal, earthquake on the neighbouring segments of the Main Himalayan Thrust. Journal of Asian Sciences. 133(Special Issue), 46-55.
Wang, Y., Wei S., Wang X., Lindsey E. O., Tongkul F., Tapponnier P., et al. (2017). The 2015 Mw 6.0 Mt. Kinabalu earthquake: an infrequent fault rupture within the Crocker fault system of East Malaysia. Geoscience Letters.
Chan, C-H., Wang Y., Wang Y‐J., & Lee Y-T. (2017). Seismic-Hazard Assessment over Time: Modeling Earthquakes in Taiwan. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. 107(5), 2342-2352.
Lee, Y-T., Wang Y‐J., Chan C-H., & Ma K-F. (2017). The 2016 Meinong earthquake to TEM PSHA2015. Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. 28(5), 703-713.
Li, L., Switzer A. D., Chan C-H., Wang Y., Weiss R., & Qiu Q. (2016). How heterogeneous coseismic slip affects regional probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment: A case study in the South China Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth. 121(8), 6250–6272.
Wang, Y‐J., Lee Y‐T., Chan C-H., & Ma K-F. (2016). An Investigation of the Reliability of the Taiwan Earthquake Model PSHA2015. Seismological Research Letters. 87(6), 1287-1298.
Chan, C-H. (2016). Importance of three-dimensional grids and time-dependent factors for applications of earthquake forecasting models to subduction environments. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. 16(9), 2177-2187.
Wen, Y-Y., Chen C-C., Wu Y-H., Chan C-H., Wang Y‐J., & Yeh Y-L. (2016). Spatiotemporal investigation of seismicity and Coulomb stress variations prior to the 2010 M-L 6.4 Jiashian, Taiwan earthquake. Geophysical Research Letters. 43(16), 8451-8457.
Wang, Y‐J., Chan C-H., Lee Y‐T., Ma K-F., Shyu J B. H., Rau R-J., et al. (2016). Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment for Taiwan. Terrestrial Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. 27(3),
Li, L., Switzer A. D., Wang Y., Weiss R., Qiu Q., Chan C-H., et al. (2015). What caused the mysterious eighteenth century tsunami that struck the southwest Taiwan coast?. Geophysical Research Letters. 42(20), 8498-8506.
Lee, T T-Y., Chan C-H., Shyu J B. H., Wu Y-M., & Huang H-H. (2015). Induced transtensional earthquakes after the 1999 Chi-Chi earthquake in the compressional collision belt of western Taiwan. Geophysical Journal International. 200(1), 638-651.
Lin, K-H E., Chang Y-C., Li Y-G., Chan C-H., Lin T-H., & Yeh C-H. (2015). An interdisciplinary perspective on social and physical determinants of seismic risk. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. 3, 761-789.
Chan, C-H., & Wu Y-M. (2014). Seismic behavior in central Taiwan: Response to stress evolution following the 1999 M-w 7.6 Chi-Chi earthquake. Journal Of Asian Earth Sciences. 90(SI), 101-106.
Chan, C-H., & Wu Y-M. (2013). Maximum magnitudes in aftershock sequences in Taiwan. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 73, 409–418.
Chan, C-H., Wu Y-M., Cheng C-T., Lin P-S., & Wu Y-C. (2013). Scenario for a short-term probabilistic seismic hazards assessment (PSHA) in Chiayi, Taiwan. Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. 24(4), 671-683.
Wu, H-Y., Chan C-H., Kinoshita M., & Saito S. (2013). Stress field observation and modeling from the NanTroSEIZE scientific drillings in the Nankai Trough system, SW Japan. Tectonophysics. 600, 99–107.
Chan, C-H., Wu Y-M., Cheng C-T., Lin P-S., & Wu Y-C. (2013). Time-dependent probabilistic seismic hazard assessment and its application to Hualien City, Taiwan. Natural Hazards and Earth Systems Science. 13, 1143-1158.
Chan, C-H., Wu Y-M., Tseng T-L., Lin T-L., & Chen C-C. (2012). Spatial and temporal evolution of b-values before large earthquakes in Taiwan. Tectonophysics. 532–535, 215-222.
Chan, C-H., Wu Y-M., & Lin T-L. (2012). A Short Term Seismic Hazard Assessment in Christchurch, New Zealand, After the M 7.1, 4 September 2010 Darfield Earthquake. Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. 23(2), 231-236.
Chen, C-H., Wang J-P., Wu Y-M., Chan C-H., & Chang C-H. (2012). A study of earthquake inter-occurrence times distribution models in Taiwan. Natural Hazards. 69(3), 1335–1350.
Chan, C-H., Wu Y-M., & Wang J-P. (2012). Earthquake forecasting through a smoothing Kernel and the rate-and-state friction law: Application to the Taiwan region. Natural Hazards and Earth Systems Science. 12(1), 1-13.
Chan, C-H., & Wu Y-M. (2012). A seismicity burst following the 2010 M 6.4 Jiashian earthquake – implications for short-term seismic hazards in southern Taiwan. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 59, 231-239.
Chan, C-H., Hsu Y-J., & Wu Y-M. (2012). Possible stress states adjacent to the rupture zone of the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, earthquake. Tectonophysics. 541-543, 81-88.
Wang, J-P., Chan C-H., & Wu Y-M. (2011). The Distribution of Annual Maximum Earthquake Magnitude around Taiwan and its Application in Estimation of Catastrophic Earthquake Recurrence Probability. Natural Hazards. 59(1), 553–570.
Huang, H-H., Wu Y-M., Lin T-L., Chao W-A., Shyu J B. H., Chan C-H., et al. (2010). The Preliminary Study of the 4 March 2010 Mw 6.3 Jiasian, Taiwan Earthquake Sequence. Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences. 22(3), 283-290.
Chan, C-H., Sørensen M. B., Stromeyer D., Grünthal G., Heidbach O., Hakimhashemi A., et al. (2010). Forecasting Italian seismicity through a spatio-temporal physical model: importance of considering time-dependency and reliability of the forecast. Annals of Geophysics. 53(3), 129-140.

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Distant Aftershocks Triggered by the M 7.0 Kumamoto Earthquake on 16 April 2016