Predicting earthquakes by analyzing accelerating precursory seismic activity

Pure and Applied Geophysics PAGEOPH

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 661-686

  Varnes, David J ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake prediction; foreshocks; precursory seismic activity; seismic moment

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FORESHOCK; PRECURSORY SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMIC MOMENT;

EID: 0024570732     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00881603     Document Type: Article

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