Estimating earthquake location and magnitude from seismic intensity data

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1502-1521

  Bakun, W H ^a   Wentworth, C M ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE LOCATION; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; SEISMIC INTENSITY DATA;

EID: 0031462753     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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