An improved double-difference earthquake location algorithm using sP phases: Application to the foreshock and aftershock sequences of the 2004 earthquake offshore of the Kii peninsula, Japan (Mw=7.5)

earth, planets and space

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 823-830

  Bai, Ling ^a   Kawasaki, Ichiro ^a   Zhang, Tianzhong ^b   Ishikawa, Yuzo ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c JAPAN METEOROLOGICAL AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

foreshock and aftershock sequences; improved double difference earthquake location algorithm using sP phases; Philippine Sea plate; The 2004 earthquake offshore of the Kii peninsula

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; ALGORITHM; ARRIVAL TIME; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FOCAL MECHANISM; FORESHOCK; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; SEISMOGRAM;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KII PENINSULA; KINKI;

EID: 35548997949     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03351987     Document Type: Article

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