A fast and simple diagnostic method for identifying tsunamigenic earthquakes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 3911-3914

  Shapiro, N M ^a   Singh, S K ^a   Pacheco, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; COASTAL ZONES; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; SEISMOGRAPHS; GEOPHYSICS; SEISMOLOGY; TSUNAMIS;

FAST REGIONAL TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM; BROADBAND SEISMOGRAMS; BROADBAND SEISMOGRAPH; DIAGNOSTIC METHODS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH-FREQUENCY RADIATION; MOMENT MAGNITUDES; SEISMIC NETWORKS; SUBDUCTION-ZONE EARTHQUAKES;

TSUNAMIS; EARTHQUAKES;

COSEISMIC PROCESS; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; TSUNAMI;

MEXICO;

EID: 0032532923     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998GL900015     Document Type: Article

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