A Bayesian approach to the real-time estimation of magnitude from the early P and S wave displacement peaks

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Lancieri, M ^a   Zollo, A ^b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARRIVAL TIME; DISPLACEMENT; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GROUND MOTION; KOBE EARTHQUAKE 1995; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SEISMIC ATTENUATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; HYOGO; JAPAN; KINKI; KOBE;

EID: 61449139136     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JB005386     Document Type: Article

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