Source parameters of the Pinotepa Nacional, Mexico, earthquake of 27 March, 1996 (MW = 5.4) estimated from near-field recordings of a single station

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 39-45

  Singh, S K ^a   Pacheco, J ^a   Courboulex, F ^a   Novelo, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Earthquake source parameters; Mexican earthquakes; Near source seismograms

Indexed keywords

FOCAL MECHANISM; PINOTEPA NACIONAL EARTHQUAKE 1996; RUPTURE PROCESS; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

MEXICO;

EID: 0031423192     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009741712512     Document Type: Article

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