Author Correction: Widespread ground motion distribution caused by rupture directivity during the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake.

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Widespread ground motion distribution caused by rupture directivity during the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake.

The ground motion and damage caused by the 2015 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake can be characterized by their widespread distributions to the east. Evidence from strong ground motions, regional acceleration duration, and teleseismic waveforms indicate that rupture directivity contributed significantly to these distributions. This phenomenon has been thought to occur only if a strike-slip or dip-slip rupture propagates to a site in the along-strike or updip direction, respectively.