A case study of two M ∼5 mainshocks in Anza, California: Is the footprint of an aftershock sequence larger than we think?

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2721-2735

  Felzer, Karen R ^a   Kilb, Debi ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK SEQUENCE; AFTERSHOCK ZONES; CALIFORNIA; FAULT LENGTH; MAINSHOCK; MAINSHOCK FAULTS; SEISMIC NETWORKS; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; TRIGGERING MECHANISM; TRIGGERING SOURCE;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; SEISMOLOGY;

PROBABILITY;

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EARTHQUAKE TRIGGER; FAULTING; FORESHOCK; PROBABILITY; SEISMIC SOURCE;

ANZA; CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349887637     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120080268     Document Type: Article

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