Seismic moment of the 1891 Nobi, Japan, earthquake estimated from historical seismograms

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 553-559

  Fukuyama, Eiichi ^a   Muramatu, Ikuei ^b   Mikumo, Takeshi ^c  

^a National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention   (Japan)

^b GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Historical seismograms; Seismic moment; The 1891 Nobi earthquake

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMOGRAM; SEISMOGRAPH;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 34547125350     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352717     Document Type: Article

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