A media-based assessment of damage and ground motions from the January 26th, 2001 M 7.6 Bhuj, India earthquake

Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 353-373

  Hough, Susan E ^a   Martin, Stacey ^b   Bilham, Roger ^c   Atkinson, Gail M ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Modern Education Society's   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Bhuj earthquake; Ground motions; Intensity

Indexed keywords

BHUJ EARTHQUAKE 2001; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; GROUND MOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT;

GUJARAT; INDIA; KUTCH;

EID: 0142009556     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02709262     Document Type: Article

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