Seismological report on the Mw = 6.8 strong shock of 9 July 1997 in Cariaco, Northeastern Venezuela

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 874-879

  Ferez, Omar J ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

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