Performance evaluation of the seismic alert system (SAS) in Mexico City: A seismological and a social perspective

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 707-716

  Suárez, Gerardo ^a   Novelo, David ^a   Mansilla, Elizabeth ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Centro de Estudios Para El Desarrollo Alternativo   (United States)

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EID: 70349504886     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.80.5.707     Document Type: Article

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