TY - JOUR A1 - Marc, Odin A1 - Hovius, Niels A1 - Meunier, Patrick A1 - Gorum, Tolga A1 - Uchida, Taro T1 - A seismologically consistent expression for the total area and volume of earthquake-triggered landsliding JF - Journal of geophysical research : Earth surface N2 - We present a new, seismologically consistent expression for the total area and volume of populations of earthquake-triggered landslides. This model builds on a set of scaling relationships between key parameters, such as landslide spatial density, seismic ground acceleration, fault length, earthquake source depth, and seismic moment. To assess the model we have assembled and normalized a catalog of landslide inventories for 40 shallow, continental earthquakes. Low landscape steepness causes systematic overprediction of the total area and volume of landslides. When this effect is accounted for, the model predicts the total landslide volume of 63% of 40 cases to within a factor 2 of the volume estimated from observations (R-2 = 0.76). The prediction of total landslide area is also sensitive to the landscape steepness, but less so than the total volume, and it appears to be sensitive to controls on the landslide size-frequency distribution, and possibly the shaking duration. Some outliers are likely associated with exceptionally strong rock mass in the epicentral area, while others may be related to seismic source complexities ignored by the model. However, the close match between prediction and estimate for about two thirds of cases in our database suggests that rock mass strength is similar in many cases and that our simple seismic model is often adequate, despite the variety of lithologies and tectonic settings covered. This makes our expression suitable for integration into landscape evolution models and application to the anticipation or rapid assessment of secondary hazards associated with earthquakes. Y1 - 2016 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JF003732 SN - 2169-9003 SN - 2169-9011 VL - 121 SP - 640 EP - 663 PB - American Geophysical Union CY - Washington ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Tanyas, Hakan A1 - van Westen, Cees J. A1 - Allstadt, Kate E. A1 - Jessee, M. Anna Nowicki A1 - Gorum, Tolga A1 - Jibson, Randall W. A1 - Godt, Jonathan W. A1 - Sato, Hiroshi P. A1 - Schmitt, Robert G. A1 - Marc, Odin A1 - Hovius, Niels T1 - Presentation and Analysis of a Worldwide Database of Earthquake-Induced Landslide Inventories JF - Journal of geophysical research : Earth surface N2 - Earthquake-induced landslide (EQIL) inventories are essential tools to extend our knowledge of the relationship between earthquakes and the landslides they can trigger. Regrettably, such inventories are difficult to generate and therefore scarce, and the available ones differ in terms of their quality and level of completeness. Moreover, access to existing EQIL inventories is currently difficult because there is no centralized database. To address these issues, we compiled EQIL inventories from around the globe based on an extensive literature study. The database contains information on 363 landslide-triggering earthquakes and includes 66 digital landslide inventories. To make these data openly available, we created a repository to host the digital inventories that we have permission to redistribute through the U.S. Geological Survey ScienceBase platform. It can grow over time as more authors contribute their inventories. We analyze the distribution of EQIL events by time period and location, more specifically breaking down the distribution by continent, country, and mountain region. Additionally, we analyze frequency distributions of EQIL characteristics, such as the approximate area affected by landslides, total number of landslides, maximum distance from fault rupture zone, and distance from epicenter when the fault plane location is unknown. For the available digital EQIL inventories, we examine the underlying characteristics of landslide size, topographic slope, roughness, local relief, distance to streams, peak ground acceleration, peak ground velocity, and Modified Mercalli Intensity. Also, we present an evaluation system to help users assess the suitability of the available inventories for different types of EQIL studies and model development. Y1 - 2017 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JF004236 SN - 2169-9003 SN - 2169-9011 VL - 122 SP - 1991 EP - 2015 PB - American Geophysical Union CY - Washington ER -