Magnitude determination using duration of high frequency energy radiation and displacement amplitude: Application to tsunami earthquakes

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 561-565

  Hara, Tatsuhiko ^a  

^a BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

High frequency energy radiation; Magnitude; Tsunami earthquake

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE; DISPLACEMENT; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; P-WAVE; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMIC SOURCE; TSUNAMI;

ASIA; CENTRAL AMERICA; EURASIA; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; JAVA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; NICARAGUA; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 34547109645     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352718     Document Type: Article

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