The distribution of modified mercalli intensity in the 18 April 1906 San Francisco earthquake

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 890-900

  Boatwright, John ^a   Bundock, Howard ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEISMIC WAVES; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TECTONICS; VELOCITY;

INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION; SUBSONIC RUPTURE VELOCITY;

EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE;

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; P-WAVE; SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE 1906; STRESS ANALYSIS; WAVE VELOCITY;

CALIFORNIA; HUMBOLDT COUNTY [CALIFORNIA]; MENDOCINO COUNTY; NORTH AMERICA; SAN JUAN BAUTISTA; SANTA CRUZ COUNTY [CALIFORNIA]; SONOMA COUNTY; TOMALES BAY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42649086762     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120060404     Document Type: Conference Paper

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