Mapping pre and post earthquake land cover change in Melangkap, Kota Belud Sabah using multi-temporal satellite Landsat 8/OLI and Sentinel 2 Imagery

Abstract Earthquakes in mountainous belt can trigger major disturbance to the landscape impound a large amount of debris exported largely to the streams and forming landslide. During the 5th of June 2015, an earthquake of 5.9 Richter scale hit the heart of Mount Kinabalu, Sabah. The tremors caused the surrounding area to be affected largely to the population that is located near the river stream site. This study maps the land cover in Kota Belud following the earthquake that occurred in 2015 using Landsat 8 Operational Land Imagery (year 2014) and Sentinel-2 Multispectral Imagery data (2020).... Mehr ...