The 6 April 2009 Mw 6.3 L'Aquila (Central Italy) earthquake: Strong-motion observations

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 951-966

  Ameri, Gabriele ^a   Massa, Marco ^a   Bindi, Dino ^a   D'Alema, Ezio ^a   Gorini, Antonella ^d   Luzi, Lucia ^a   Marzorati, Simone ^a   Pacor, Francesca ^a   Paolucci, Roberto ^b   Puglia, Rodolfo ^a   Smerzini, Chiara ^c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^c ROSE School   (Italy)

^d DIPARTIMENTO DELLA PROTEZIONE CIVILE   (Italy)

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EID: 70450133047     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.80.6.951     Document Type: Article

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