Seismicity patterns before the M=5.8 2002, Palermo (Italy) earthquake: Seismic quiescence and accelerating seismicity

Tectonophysics

Volumn 384, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 243-255

  Di Giovambattista, R ^a   Tyupkin, Yu S ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b GEOPHYSICAL CENTER   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Accelerating moment release; Earthquakes; Seismic quiescence; Seismicity; Time to failure

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; SEISMIC QUIESCENCE; SEISMICITY; TECTONOPHYSICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PALERMO [SICILY]; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 3042542347     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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