Hiroo Kanamori Explained

Hiroo Kanamori
Native Name:	金森 博雄
Native Name Lang:	ja
Birth Date:	17 October 1936
Fields:	Geophysics
Workplaces:	Research 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
Alma Mater:	Tokyo University (M. S., 1961; Ph.D., 1964)
Doctoral Students:	Seth Stein
Known For:	Moment magnitude scale
Awards:	Kyoto Prize (2007)

is a Japanese-American seismologist who has made fundamental contributions to understanding the physics of earthquakes and the tectonic processes that cause them.

Career

Kanamori and American seismologist Thomas C. Hanks developed the moment magnitude scale which replaced the Richter 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

• 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

• 10.1029/JB082i020p02981 . Kanamori, H. . 1977 . The energy release in great earthquakes . J. Geophys. Res. . 82 . 2981–2987 . 1977JGR....82.2981K . 20 . 2010-11-17 . 2010-07-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100723182215/http://www.gps.caltech.edu/uploads/File/People/kanamori/HKjgr77.pdf . dead .
• 10.1029/JB084iB03p01049 . S. Uyeda . H. Kanamori . 1979 . Back-arc opening and the mode of subduction . Journal of Geophysical Research . 84 . B3 . 1049–1061 . 1979JGR....84.1049U . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110614090326/http://www.gps.caltech.edu/uploads/File/People/kanamori/HKjgr79e.pdf . 2011-06-14 .
• Hanks . Thomas C. . Thomas C. Hanks . Kanamori . Hiroo . Moment magnitude scale . Journal of Geophysical Research . 84 . B5 . 2348–2350 . May 1979 . 10.1029/JB084iB05p02348 . 1979JGR....84.2348H . 2010-11-17 . 2010-08-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100821063413/http://www.gps.caltech.edu/uploads/File/People/kanamori/HKjgr79d.pdf . dead .
• L. Ruff . H. Kanamori . Seismicity and the subduction process . Phys. Earth Planet. Inter. . 23 . 1980 . 240–252 . 10.1016/0031-9201(80)90117-X . 3 . 1980PEPI...23..240R . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100723153448/http://www.gps.caltech.edu/uploads/File/People/kanamori/HKpepi80b.pdf . 2010-07-23 .
• Kikuchi, M. . Kanamori, H. . 1982 . Inversion of complex body waves . Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. . 72 . 491–506 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100723160123/http://www.gps.caltech.edu/uploads/File/People/kanamori/HKbssa82e.pdf . 2010-07-23 .
• Vassiliou . Marius . Marius Vassiliou . Kanamori . Hiroo . 1982 . The Energy Release in Earthquakes . Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. . 72 . 371–387 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100723152531/http://www.gps.caltech.edu/uploads/File/People/kanamori/HKbssa82f.pdf . 2010-07-23 .
• 10.1038/37280 . Kanamori . H. . E. . Hauksson . T. . Heaton . Thomas H. Heaton . 1997 . Real-time seismology and earthquake hazard mitigation . Nature . 390 . 6659 . 461–464 . 1997Natur.390..461K . 4412616 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110614090412/http://www.gps.caltech.edu/uploads/File/People/kanamori/HKnat97.pdf . 2011-06-14 .
• Allen, R.M. . H. Kanamori . 2001 . Rapid determination of event source parameters in southern California for earthquake early warning . AGU 2001 Fall Meeting . 2001 . S11B–0556 . 2001AGUFM.S11B0556A .
• Allen RM, Kanamori H . 2 May 2003 . The potential for earthquake early warning in southern California . Science . 12730599 . 300 . 5620 . 786–9 . 10.1126/science.1080912 . 2003Sci...300..786A . 10922234 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100604011354/http://www.gps.caltech.edu/uploads/File/People/kanamori/HKsci03.pdf . 4 June 2010 .
• Zollo A, Amoroso O, Lancieri M, Wu Y, Kanamori H . 24 July 2010 . A threshold-based earthquake early warning using dense accelerometer networks . Geophysical Journal International . 183 . 2 . 963–974 . 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04765.x . 2010GeoJI.183..963Z . free .

See also

• List of geophysicists

References

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. Book: Allen, Richard . Rapid magnitude determination for earthquake early warning . The Many Facets of Seismic Risk . G. Manfredi . M.R. Pecce . A. Zollo . 15–24 . 2004 . Proceedings of the "Workshop on Multidisciplinary Approach to Seismic Risk Problems", hold in Sant'Angelo dei Lombardi, September 22, 2003 . http://eps.berkeley.edu/~rallen/pub/2004elarms/AllenSeismicRisk2004.pdf . November 18, 2010 . July 1, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190701055411/http://eps.berkeley.edu/~rallen/pub/2004elarms/AllenSeismicRisk2004.pdf . dead .
8. http://www.gps.caltech.edu/feature_articles/show/18 Hiroo Kanamori, Kyoto Laureate
9. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-12-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110708215105/http://www.gps.caltech.edu/uploads/File/People/kanamori/Zollo_et_al_EEW_GJI.pdf . 2011-07-08 .

• Web site: Profile . Kanamori . Hiroo . Caltech . 2010-11-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120417170554/http://www.gps.caltech.edu/people/kanamori/profile . 2012-04-17 . dead .