Magnitude and location of historical earthquakes in Japan and implications for the 1855 Ansei Edo earthquake

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1-22

  Bakun, William H ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; MAGNITUDE; SEISMICITY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 19844362142     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003329     Document Type: Article

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