Triggering of the 1999 Mw 7.1 Hector Mine earthquake by aftershocks of the 1992 Mw 7.3 Landers earthquake

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 9, 2002, Pages

  Felzer, Karen R ^a   Becker, Thorsten W ^a   Abercrombie, Rachel E ^a   Ekström, Göran ^a   Rice, James R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aftershocks; Coulomb; Foreshocks; Hector Mine; Landers

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; COULOMB CRITERION; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FORESHOCK; HECTOR MINE EARTHQUAKE 1999; LANDERS EARTHQUAKE 1992;

CALIFORNIA; HECTOR MINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037058553     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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