Estimating magnitude and location of Alaskan earthquakes using intensity data

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3430-3453

  Doser, Diane I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE LOCATION; ERROR ELLIPSIS; INTENSITY DATA; MODIFIED MERCALLI INTENSITIES; SITE-SPECIFIC; STRESS ORIENTATIONS;

LOCATION;

EARTHQUAKES;

CALIBRATION; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; ESTIMATION METHOD; SEISMIC ATTENUATION;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70450219406     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120090045     Document Type: Article

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