简介:Thispaperprovidesanoverviewoftheideasandmethodsoftheassessmentofseismicintensitybasedonremotesensinganddescribesthemodelsusedtoassesstheremotesensingbasedsyntheticseismicdamageindexandseismicintensity.Withthedataofdamageinformationextractedfromthehigh-resolutionaerialimagesintheearthquake-strickenareas(Jiegutown,Yushucity,Qinghai)ofthe2010MS7.1Yushuearthquake,andthedataobtainedthroughpost-earthquakefieldinvestigation,theseismicdamagedegreeandseismicintensityhavebeenestimated.TheanalysisoftheresultsshowsthattheseismicintensityinYushucityisestimatedasIXthroughtheRSassessmentmethod,whichisconsistentwiththeresultestimatedaccordingtothegroundsurveys.TheresultsarediscussedinthelastpartofthepaperandindicatethattheRStechniquesareexpectedtobeoneofthemainmethodsusedtoestimatetheseismicintensityvaluesintheemergencystage.