A probabilistic prediction of the next strong earthquake in the Acapulco-San Marcos segment, Mexico

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 347-353

  Ferráes, Sergio G ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Conditional density; Earthquakes; Gamma distribution; Lognormal distribution; Prediction error; Probabilistic prediction; Recurrence time

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE; PREDICTION; RECURRENCE INTERVAL;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 29144489182     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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