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Using Spatial Information for Natural Hazard Risk Analysis of a Megacity
The Greater Metro Manila Area is one of the world's megacities and is home to about 12 million people. It is located in a region at risk from earthquakes, volcanic eruptions,... -
The Rabaul Earthquake Location and Caldera Structure (RELACS) Program :...
A component of the PNG-Australia Volcanological Services Support (VSS) Project funded by AusAID -
Development of tsunami hazard maps for the Mentawai Islands, Indonesia,...
Heterogeneous distribution of slip during megathrust earthquakes has been shown to significantly affect the spatial distribution of tsunami height in both numerical studies and... -
Investigation of hot gas emissions from Koranga volcano, Papua New Guinea, in 1967
Hot emissions of mainly sulphur dioxide and carbon dioxide took place from a mound in Koranga open cut, near Wau, following a landslide at the end of May, 1967. Rocks of the... -
Assessment of Tropical Cyclone Risk in the Pacific Region: Analysis of...
The Assessment of Tropical Cyclone Risks in the Pacific Region project represents a collaboration between DIICCSRTE and Geoscience Australia with PCRAFI and AIR Worldwide.... -
Strengthening natural hazard risk assessment capacity in the Philippines: ...
The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) and Geoscience Australia (GA) have developed a long-term partnership in order to better understand and reduce... -
Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis model for the Philippines
The Philippine archipalego is tectonically complex and seismically hazardous, yet few seismic hazard assessments have provided national coverage. This paper presents an updated... -
Probabilistic earthquake hazard assessment for Fiji
Probabilistic earthquake hazard maps were prepared for the Fiji Islands. Damage has been caused by Fiji earthquakes around 1850, in 1884, 1902, 1919, 1932 (twice), 1953 and... -
An Empirical Fatality Model for Indonesia Based on a Bayesian Approach
Many earthquakes in Indonesia have caused a large number of fatalities. Disaster risk-reduction of fatalities requires a representative fatality model derived from fatality data... -
National Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment for Papua New Guinea (2019 Revision)
Through Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Geoscience Australia has been working closely with the Government of Papua New Guinea technical agencies (Rabaul... -
Fragility of Indonesian houses: scenario damage analysis of the 2006...
Indonesia is located in one of the most seismically active regions in the world and often experiences damaging earthquakes. In the past the housing sector has sustained more... -
A low-cost seismic network for Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (PNG) is situated at the edge of the Pacific “ring of fire” and is exposed to frequent large earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Earthquakes in PNG, such as... -
Towards real-time earthquake impact alerting in Indonesia
The Government of Indonesia has committed to deploying a network of 500 strong-motion sensors throughout the nation. The data from these sensors have the potential to provide... -
Probabilistic seismic hazard map of Papua New Guinea
Probabilistic seismic hazard map of Papua New Guinea, in terms of Peak Ground Acceleration, is developed for return period of 475 years. The calculations were performed for... -
Tectonic geomorphology and Holocene uplift rates of the Lae Urban Area,...
The city of Lae is Papua New Guinea (PNG)’s second largest, and is the home of PNG’s largest port. Here, a convergence rate of ~50 mm/yr between the South Bismarck Plate and the... -
Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment of Papua New Guinea: 2019 revision
Papua New Guinea (PNG) lies in a belt of intense tectonic activity that experiences high levels of seismicity. Although this seismicity poses significant risks to society, the... -
Indonesia's Historical Earthquakes: Modelled examples for improving the...
With a population of over 250 million people, Indonesia is the fourth most populous country in the world (United Nations, 2013). Indonesia also experiences more earthquakes than... -
A Probabilistic Tsunami Hazard Assessment for Indonesia
Natural Hazards and Earth Systems Science -
The 2006 Earthquake Swarm in the Sulu Range, Central New Britain, Papua New Guinea
On 6th July 2006, an intense swarm of earthquake activity began in the Sulu Range, Central New Britain, Papua New Guinea. The earthquakes were felt almost every one to two... -
Historical earthquakes of the eastern Sunda Arc: Source mechanisms and...
Historical reports of earthquake effects from the period 1681 to 1877 in Java, Bali and Nusa Tenggara are used to independently test ground motion predictions in Indonesia’s...