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Residence
  
USA

Fields
  
Geophysics

Alma mater
  
University of Tokyo


Name
  
Hiroo Kanamori

Known for
  
Moment magnitude scale

Notable awards
  
Kyoto Prize

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Born
  
October 17, 1936 (age 87) (
1936-10-17
)

Institutions
  
Research Associate, Geophysics Institute, Tokyo University, 1962-65Research Fellow, California Institute of Technology, 1965-66Professor, Earthquake Research Institute, Tokyo University, 1966-72Professor, California Institute of Technology, 1972-05

Institution
  
California Institute of Technology, Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo

Hiroo kanamori


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

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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.

Hiroo Kanamori Hiroo Kanamori Receives William Bowie Medal from American

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

Hiroo Kanamori Hiroo Kanamori Receives 2014 William Bowie Medal Eos

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

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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.

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Honours

  • 1993 Arthur L. Day Prize and Lectureship
  • 1994 Asahi Prize
  • 1996 Walter H. Bucher Medal
  • 2004 Japan Academy Prize
  • 2006 Person of Cultural Merit
  • 2007 Kyoto Prize
  • 2014 William Bowie Medal

    • Selected publications

  • Kanamori, H. (1977). "The energy release in great earthquakes" (PDF). J. Geophys. Res. 82 (20): 2981–2987. Bibcode:1977JGR....82.2981K. doi:10.1029/JB082i020p02981. 
  • S. Uyeda; H. Kanamori (1979). "Back-arc opening and the mode of subduction" (PDF). Journal of Geophysical Research. 84: 1049–1061. Bibcode:1979JGR....84.1049U. doi:10.1029/JB084iB03p01049. 
  • Hanks, Thomas C.; Kanamori, Hiroo (May 1979). "Moment magnitude scale" (PDF). Journal of Geophysical Research. 84 (B5): 2348–2350. Bibcode:1979JGR....84.2348H. doi:10.1029/JB084iB05p02348. 
  • L. Ruff; H. Kanamori (1980). "Seismicity and the subduction process" (PDF). Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. 23 (3): 240–252. Bibcode:1980PEPI...23..240R. doi:10.1016/0031-9201(80)90117-X. 
  • Kikuchi, M.; Kanamori, H. (1982). "Inversion of complex body waves" (PDF). Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 72: 491–506. 
  • Vassiliou, Marius; Kanamori, Hiroo (1982). "The Energy Release in Earthquakes" (PDF). Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 72: 371–387. 
  • Kanamori, H.; Hauksson, E.; Heaton, T. (1997). "Real-time seismology and earthquake hazard mitigation" (PDF). Nature. 390 (6659): 461–464. Bibcode:1997Natur.390..461K. doi:10.1038/37280. 
  • Allen, R.M.; H. Kanamori (2001). "Rapid determination of event source parameters in southern California for earthquake early warning". AGU 2001 fall meeting. 
  • Allen RM, Kanamori H (2 May 2003). "The potential for earthquake early warning in southern California" (PDF). Science. 300 (5620): 786–9. Bibcode:2003Sci...300..786A. PMID 12730599. doi:10.1126/science.1080912. 
  • Zollo A, Amoroso O, Lancieri M, Wu Y, Kanamori H (24 July 2010). "A threshold-based earthquake early warning using dense accelerometer networks" (PDF). Geophysics Journal International. 183: 963–974. Bibcode:2010GeoJI.183..963Z. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04765.x. 

    • References

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