Road To Ghandruk, NEPAL

Kathmandu sediment

Best Exposure of Kathmandu valley sediment at Thimi Bhaktapur

Nepal Earthquake 2015

On 2015 April 25, Magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Nepal. The epicentre is the Barpark of Gorkha District and about 80 km from capital Kathmandu. The depth of epicentre is less than 20km, which is shallow and caused huge destruction in the ground. Major aftershock of magnitude 7.3 hit on May 12. Epicentre is Dolakha district, east of Kathmandu.

First floor collapse at Gongabu, Kathmandu

RCC building collapse at Chautara, Sindupalchok

Installing SeismicUnix in MacOS X Mavericks

How to install Seismic Unix on mac OS X Mavericks

Seismic Unix is a open source seismic processing package supported by Central for Wave Phenomena (CWP) at the Colorado School of Mines. Seismic Unix (SU) package (latest 43R4) can be downloaded from  Seismic Unix Home page

Install XQuartz if not installed previously.

Here is step-by-step installation process in mac OS environment.

1. Download tar file in the path-----Users/You/cwpsu. It is better not to download in root

2. Uncompress or Untar the file using

                tar -xvf cwp_su_all_43R4.tar

3. In home folder, check for .bash_profile and set CWPROOT environment after editing it as

Create .bash_profile 

In Terminal, Go to home folder.

Type touch .bash_profile to create new .bash_profile file.

Open and edit with TextEdit, by typing open -e .bash_profile

 An example of .bash_profile  

             

# .bash_profile

# Get the aliases and functions

if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then

        . ~/.bashrc

fi

# User specific environment and startup programs

PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:.

BASH_ENV=$HOME/.bashrc

USERNAME="root"

export CWPROOT=Users/You/cwpsu

PATH=$PATH:/Users/You/cwpsu/bin: .

export PATH

4. Insert command - source .bash_profile 

               You can check environment by
               echo $CWPROOT

5. In cwpsu/src, rename Makefile.config (or delete) --> Makefile.configXX. 

Copy Makefile.config_MacOSX_Lion from the folder cwpsu/src/configs to the folder cwpsu/src. Rename as Makefile.config. 

(>< Make file for  OSX Lion works fine for OSX Mavericks)

              Rename Makefile.config_MacOSX_Lion----->Makefile.config (In folder cwpsu/src)

$CWPROOT/src/Makefile.config

6. Install by entering command - make install

7. Type command - make xtinstall 

8. Check by typing command - suplane | suximage &

For help and tutorials see SU Wiki Guide

Enjoy Seismic Unix !!

GHANDRUK by Road travel, NEPAL

Road Travel To Ghandruk, NEPAL

Ghandruk is a famous tourist destination in Nepal. Trekking starts from NAYAPUL, Myagdi, nearly 40 Km from the POKHARA. There is many buses and taxis that run from Pokhara to Nayapul. A gravel road extends from Nayapul to Kimchi of Myagdi district. Length of the gravel road is nearly 16 km. There is some buses and Jeep running between Nayapul and Kimchi. The fare is reasonable. It costs just NRs. 300 (~ US$ 4) to reach Kimchi. But road is bumping and widespread dust.  Ghandruk can be reached after an hour walk from the Kimchi. Newly opened track is closed during the rainy season.

東京で今年の初雪 (This year's first snowfall in Tokyo)

Japan Airlines inflight meals in Tokyo to San Francisco Route

Japan Airlines inflight meals in Tokyo to San Francisco Route 

Inflight service in the Japan Airlines flight from Tokyo to San Francisco is very good. CA are sincere and helpful. The flight is punctual. Flight JL 001 from San Francisco to Tokyo arrived nearly a hour faster than the estimated landing time. This is very good because of the late night arrival at Haneda international airport. I could catch train to home. The only thing is the inflight meals. Inflight meals in the Japan Air flight was good but too cold.

Sandwich, Red wine and Snacks in flight JL 002, Tokyo to San Francisco

Yamanobori bentou (山登り弁当) in JL 002. Story was interesting but chilled rice with chilled chicken

Inside to Yamanobori bentou

Yamanobori bentou. Only good thing is MISO soup

First dinner; Chicken rice in flight JL 001, San Francisco to Tokyo, slightly OK

Second dinner; at JL 001 flight