The great Sumatra-Andaman earthquake of 26 December 2004 was predictable even from seismicity data of mb≥4.5: A lesson to learn from nature

Indian Journal of Marine Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 122-127

  Teotia, S S ^a   Kumar, Dinesh ^a  

^a KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Multifractal analysis; Seismicity; Self organized criticality; Sumatra Andaman

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; SEISMICITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUMATRA EARTHQUAKE 2004; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EID: 37749021354     PISSN: 03795136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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