Prediction of susceptible areas of future earthquake induced by landslides in Padang Pariaman district, west Sumatera, Indonesia

• Main Authors: Umar, Zahrul, Ahmad, Anuar, Wan Akib, Wan Aziz
• Format: Book Section
• Published: Springer International Publishing 2015
• Subjects: G70.212-70.215 Geographic information system
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/74754/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09057-3_121

The island of Sumatera sits on top of Southeast Asia’s tectonics plate, which overrides the subducting Indian and Australian oceanic tectonic plates that convergence obliquely at about 50–60 mm/year. Based on the focal depth and dip angle, sub-duction zones are divided into interplate (megathrust) a...