The 8 January 2006 earthquake (MW 6.7) offshore Kythira Island, southern Greece: Seismological, strong-motion, and macroseismic observations of an intermediate-depth event

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 544-553

  Konstantinou, Konstantinos I ^a   Kalogeras, Ioannis S ^a   Melis, Nikolaos S ^a   Kourouzidis, Moissis C ^a   Stavrakakis, George N ^a  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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EID: 33749830078     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.77.5.544     Document Type: Article

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