The Sarez-Pamir Earthquake and Landslide of 18 February 1911

Research Article| March 01, 2012 The Sarez-Pamir Earthquake and Landslide of 18 February 1911 Nicholas Ambraseys; Nicholas Ambraseys Department of Geological Sciences University of Colorado at Boulder 2200 Colorado Avenue Boulder, Colorado 80309 U.S.A.roger.bilham@colorado.edu (R. B.) 1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College, London, U.K. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Roger Bilham Roger Bilham Department of Geological Sciences University of Colorado at Boulder 2200 Colorado Avenue Boulder, Colorado 80309 U.S.A.roger.bilham@colorado.edu (R. B.) 2Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Nicholas Ambraseys 1Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College, London, U.K. Department of Geological Sciences University of Colorado at Boulder 2200 Colorado Avenue Boulder, Colorado 80309 U.S.A.roger.bilham@colorado.edu (R. B.) Roger Bilham 2Department of Geological Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. Department of Geological Sciences University of Colorado at Boulder 2200 Colorado Avenue Boulder, Colorado 80309 U.S.A.roger.bilham@colorado.edu (R. B.) Publisher: Seismological Society of America First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Online ISSN: 1938-2057 Print ISSN: 0895-0695 © 2012 Seismological Research Letters (2012) 83 (2): 294–314. https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.83.2.294 Article history First Online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Nicholas Ambraseys, Roger Bilham; The Sarez-Pamir Earthquake and Landslide of 18 February 1911. Seismological Research Letters 2012;; 83 (2): 294–314. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.83.2.294 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySeismological Research Letters Search Advanced Search A hundred years ago 2.4 cubic km of rock fell from a Pamir mountainside >700 m to the valley floor, releasing potential energy equivalent to an Mw 7.8 ± 0.1 earthquake. Its fall created the world's highest dam, impounding a 17-km3 lake that remains to this day. Seismograms recorded in Europe and Asia registered an earthquake at the approximate time of the fall, and soon after the details of the landslide had been evaluated a controversy arose concerning whether these seismograms had recorded an earthquake that had triggered the landslide, or whether the seismograms had merely registered waves generated... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.