J-Rapid Final Workshop 21 June, 2016, Kathmandu
Inventory mapping of landslides induced by the
Gorkha earthquake 2015 and a proposal for hazard mapping of future landslides for making a plan of better reconstruction
"Impact on infrastructure by Gorkha earthquake 2015 induced landslides"
Masahiro CHIGIRA
Masahiro CHIGIRA
Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute,
Professor, Disaster Prevention Research Institute,
Kyoto University
Kyoto University
Vishnu DANGOL
Vishnu DANGOL
Professor, Department of Geology,
Professor, Department of Geology,
Tribhuvan University
Tribhuvan University
Objective
1. to make an inventory mapping on landslides, cracks, and landslide dams
induced by the Nepal earthquake and to
investigate their formative mechanisms
2. to detect displaced areas of slope surfaces,
of which future susceptibility to landslides would be evaluated on the basis of geology,
geomorphology, and groundwater conditions.
3. propose a methodology of hazard mapping for earthquake-induced landslides in Nepal.
Members (Japan side)
1. Masahiro CHIGIRA (Kyoto Univ.) PI Applied Geology 2. Daisuke HIGAKI (Hirosaki Univ.) Landslide control 3. Hiroshi YAGI (Yamagata Univ.) Landslide
susceptibility mapping
4. Akihiko WAKAI (Gunma Univ.) Geotechnical analysis
of landslide
5. Hiroshi, P. SATO (Nihon Univ.) Remote sensing 6. Go, SATO (Teikyo Heisei Univ.) Geomorphology 7. Ching-Ying, TSOU (Hirosaki Univ.) GIS analysis 8. Akiyo YATAGAI (Res. Inst. Humanity and Nature)
Meteorology
Members (Nepali side)
1. Vishnu DANGOL (Tribhuvan Univ.) PI Applied Geology 2. Smajwal BAJRACHARYA (ICIMOD) Remote sensing 3. Shanmukhesh Chandra AMATYA (DWIDP)
Hydrogeology
4. Tuk Lal ADHIKARI (ITECO-Nepal) Geotechnical
Field survey
• Trishuli River catchment from Trishuli to Syabrubesi (29 October to 1 November, 2015)
• Sun Kosi and Bhote Kosi River catchments from Bansaghu to Kodari. (2 to 4 November, 2015)
• Budhi Gandaki River catchment from
Arughat to Litin (6 and 7 March, 2016)
• Dauradi River catchment from
Jhulunge Bajar to Barpak (7 and 8 March, 2016)
Inventory mapping of landslides
Inventory Complied
Topographic classification
Knickpoint
Data Used
Note Data contributed by METI and NASA
ASTER GDEM
- Slope break
- AW3D DEM of JAXA
AW3D DEM derived
Constant Vertical Exaggeration Stereoscopic Map (CVES Map)
Deep-seated landslide
Deep-seated landslide
Stereo-pair aerial photos
CVES Map
Complied by Dr. Go Sato Used for the area not covered by stereo-pair aerial photos
Slope failure with scar
- The 2015
- newly formed scar
Pre-earthquake: Google
Earth Imagery (Dec. 12,
2014)
Complied with the reference inventory of the Japan Landslide Society
Earthquakeinduced slope failure enlargement of a preexisting scar
Post-earthquake: Google Earth Imagery (May. 3, 2015) & LANDSAT 8 satellite imagery (June 1, 2015/covering the upstream Trishuli River)
Pre-existing slope failure not enlarged by the earthquake
Presented as points
Geological setting of the affected area
Higher Himalaya
MCT
Lesser Himalaya
Kathmandu
Mapped landslides
6,527 new landslides
558 enlarged landeslides
5,159 (ICIMOD-NELS)
Cumulative landslide frequency and the landslide size
Data added to Chigira et al. (2010, Geomorphology)
What type of landslides occurred?
Shallow disrupted landslides
in most cases
No gigantic landslides like those induced by the 2009 Wenchuan earthquake
Bhote Koshi catchment
Rockfall
400m fall from a slope break Dadakateri
From a river terrace (Kodari)
Cracks
Mostly have not developed after the quake
Cracks on a sharp ridge in Barpak
Cracks on debris slopes (Bhote Koshi catchment)
Large landslides, which had been continually moving
were not reactivated.
Dahlan landslide Mica schist
Where did they occur?
Inner valley
Inner valleys (valley in valley)
Inner valley
Landslides
Inner valley development
Loosening of the valley wall
- Rapid River incision
- River Incision
Valley widening
Loosened rock masses have been removed by the shaking
Failure within a landslide body
Trishuli River
Steep infacing-slopes
Slate, Bhote Koshi catchment
Terrace scarps
ghat
Along a road
Before the EQ
Gneiss
Landslides & Geology
(Bhote Koshi catchment)
Schist
Malekhu Limestone
Benighat Slate
Roban phyllite
Dhading Dolomite
Fagfog Quartzite
4 km
Pinkish phyllite
Kuncha F. phyllite
Number of landslides by each geological zone
Occupancy ratio of landslides by each geological zone
500 400 300 200 100
0
Landslides are dominating in areas of gneiss, slate, dolomite, quartzite
Rare in areas of schist, phyllite
Geology & Landslides
Landslides and slope angles
%
Areal ratios of landslides
Landslide numbers
100
90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10
0
250 200 150 100
50
0
Subsequent rainfalls enlarged some landslide scars
Large landslide bodies were not reactivated
(Trishuli River)
The 2015 Earthquakeinduced slope failure
newly formed scar
enlargement of a pre-existing scar
Pre-existing slope failure not enlarged by the earthquake
Deep-seated landslide
InSAR image to detect small displacements on the order of cm
Second (after the EQ) observation
Crustal deformation
First (before the EQ) observation
In the case of LoS shortened, Blue -> Yellow -> Red: The ground was uplifted or close to the satellite
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Comparing before and after the earethquake
Mixture of noise and crustal displacement, But the red circle shows local surface displacement.
Blue->Red->Yellow, away from the satellite In the red circle