Relocation of large intermediate-depth earthquakes in the Vrancea region, Romania, since 1934 and a seismic gap

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 565-572

  Hurukawa, Nobuo ^a   Popa, Mihaela ^b   Radulian, Mircea ^b  

^a BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR EARTH PHYSICS   (Romania)

Author keywords

Intermediate depth earthquake; Joint hypocenter determination; Relocation; Romania; Vrancea

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FOCAL MECHANISM; SOURCE PARAMETERS;

CARPATHIANS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VRANCEA;

EID: 48849096603     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03353119     Document Type: Article

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