Comparison of magnitudes estimated by the Japan meteorological agency with moment magnitudes for intermediate and deep earthquakes

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 832-842

  Katsumata, Akio ^a  

^a JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

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Indexed keywords

CENTROID MOMENT TENSOR; DISPLACEMENT AMPLITUDE; EARTHQUAKE; MAGNITUDE;

EID: 0030434730     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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