Cracking the cone: Kumamoto 2016
by James Moore, Earth Observatory of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
The surface rupture of the April 2016 Kumamoto earthquake bisecting a cone of Mt Aso, where the rupture arrested. This image illustrated the multi-hazard interaction of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, as the deformation from the earthquake contributed to the October eruption of Mt Aso.
Taken on 13
July
2017
Submitted on 13 Feb 2018
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- Exact location (131.0811 E, 32.8856 N)
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Credit: James Moore (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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