Test of the EEPAS forecasting model on the Japan earthquake catalogue

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 162, Issue 6-7, 2005, Pages 1271-1290

  Rhoades, David A ^a   Evison, Frank F ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Earthquake precursors; Earthquake prediction; Japan; Stochastic model

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION;

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

EID: 20344383489     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-004-2669-0     Document Type: Article

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