Updating the probabilistic seismic hazard values of Northern Algeria with the 21 May 2003 M 6.8 Algiers earthquake included

Pure and Applied Geophysics

Volumn 162, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2163-2177

  Peláez, José A ^a   Hamdache, M ^b   Casado, Carlos López ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b Centre de Recherche en Astronomie Astrophysique et Geophysique   (Algeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Northern Algeria; Seismic hazard; Spatially smoothed seismicity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; SEISMIC HAZARD;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NORTH AFRICA; WORLD;

EID: 25144502437     PISSN: 00334553     EISSN: 14209136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00024-005-2708-5     Document Type: Review

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