The Mw 7.7 Nasca (Peru) earthquake, November 12, 1996: A repetition of the 1942 event?

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 917-922

  Chatelain, Jean Luc ^a   Guillier, Bertrand ^a   Guéguen, Philippe ^a   Bondoux, Francis ^a  

^a Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement Ecuador   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE LOCATION; NASCA EARTHQUAKE 1996; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

PACIFIC, PERU-CHILE TRENCH;

EID: 0031410865     PISSN: 00128287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.68.6.917     Document Type: Article

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