Seismic hazard map for Cuba and adjacent areas using the spatially smoothed seismicity approach

Journal of Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 173-196

  Garcia, Julio ^a   Slejko, Dario ^b   Rebez, Alessandro ^b   Santulin, Marco ^b   Alvarez, Leonardo ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Cuba)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OCEANOGRAFIA E DI GEOFISICA SPERIMENTALE OGS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cuba; PGA attenuation relations; Probabilistic seismic hazard; Smoothed seismicity

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; MAPPING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

PGA ATTENUATION RELATIONS; PROBABILISTIC SEISMIC HAZARD; SMOOTHED SEISMICITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

EID: 41149094459     PISSN: 13632469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632460701512902     Document Type: Article

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