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Hiroo Kanamori

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Hiroo Kanamori
金森 博雄
Born (1936-10-17) October 17, 1936 (age 87)
Alma materTokyo University (M. S., 1961; Ph.D., 1964)
Known forMoment magnitude scale
AwardsKyoto Prize (2007)
Scientific career
FieldsGeophysics
InstitutionsResearch Associate, Geophysics Institute, Tokyo University, 1962–65
Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 1965–66
Professor, Earthquake Research Institute, Tokyo University, 1966–72
Professor, California Institute of Technology, 1972-05
Doctoral studentsSeth Stein

Hiroo Kanamori (金森 博雄, Kanamori Hiroo, born October 17, 1936) is a Japanese-American seismologist who has made fundamental contributions to understanding the physics of earthquakes and the tectonic processes that cause them.

Career

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Kanamori and American seismologist Thomas C. Hanks developed the moment magnitude scale which replaced the Richter magnitude scale as a measurement of the relative strength of earthquakes.[1][2][3]

Kanamori invented the method for calculating slip distribution on the fault plane by teleseismic waveform with Masayuki Kikuchi. In addition, they studied realtime seismology.[4][5][6][7]

In 2007 he was awarded the Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences.[8]

Kanamori developed a new method of earthquake early warning detection by rapid analysis of the P-wave by a robust network. The algorithm is currently being tested with the Southern California Seismic Network "ShakeAlert" Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) system, and is one of three algorithms that is used by the system.[9]

Honours

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Selected publications

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Kanamori, H., (1977)
  2. ^ Vassiliou, M., and Kanamori, H. (1982)
  3. ^ Utsu, T., 2001, The Seismology 3rd edition: Kyoritsu, p.138
  4. ^ Kikuchi, M., and Kanamori, H. (1982)
  5. ^ Allen RM, Kanamori H. (2003)
  6. ^ Allen, R.M. and H. Kanamori (2001)
  7. ^ Allen, Richard (2004). "Rapid magnitude determination for earthquake early warning" (PDF). In G. Manfredi; M.R. Pecce; A. Zollo (eds.). The Many Facets of Seismic Risk. Proceedings of the "Workshop on Multidisciplinary Approach to Seismic Risk Problems", hold in Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi, September 22, 2003. pp. 15–24. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 1, 2019. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
  8. ^ Hiroo Kanamori, Kyoto Laureate Archived 2009-10-13 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2011-12-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)