The El Salvador earthquakes of January and February 2001: Context, characteristics and implications for seismic risk

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 389-418

  Bommer, J J ^a   Benito, M B ^b   Ciudad Real, M ^c   Lemoine, A ^d   Lopez Menjivar M A ^e   Madariaga, R ^d   Mankelow, J ^f   Mendez de Hasbun P ^g   Murphy, W ^h   Nieto Lovo, M ^e   Rodriguez Pineda C E ⁱ   Rosa, H ^j  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Kinemetrics Inc   (United States)

^d ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^e University of El Salvador   (El Salvador)

^f BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^g Universidad Centroamericana Jose Simeon Caas   (El Salvador)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^j Fundacion PRISMA   (El Salvador)

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Author keywords

Earthquakes; El Salvador; Landslides; Seismic risk; Strong motion; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

RISK MITIGAITON;

DEFORESTATION; LAND USE; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; GROUND MOTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMIC RESPONSE; STRONG MOTION; VULNERABILITY;

EL SALVADOR;

EID: 0037199910     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0267-7261(02)00024-6     Document Type: Article

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