A new 1649-1884 catalog of destructive earthquakes near Tokyo and implications for the long-term seismic process

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 12, 2006, Pages

  Grunewald, Elliot D ^a,b   Stein, Ross S ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO;

EID: 34547918378     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB004059     Document Type: Article

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