Off-fault aftershocks of the 2005 West Off Fukuoka Prefecture Earthquake: Reactivation of a structural boundary?

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 81-86

  Imanishi, Kazutoshi ^a   Kuwahara, Yasuto ^a   Haryu, Yoshikatsu ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

Author keywords

2005 West Off Fukuoka Prefecture Earthquake; double difference location; focal mechanism solutions; Ishido Uminonakamichi fault; off fault aftershocks; stress field

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE; FAULT SLIP; REACTIVATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUKUOKA [KYUSHU]; JAPAN; KYUSHU;

EID: 33645164382     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03351918     Document Type: Article

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