The earthquake lights (EQL) of the 6 April 2009 Aquila earthquake, in Central Italy

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 967-978

  Fidani, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE PRECURSOR; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; ELECTRICITY; LIGHT;

ABRUZZI; ITALY;

AQUILA;

EID: 77952283585     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-10-967-2010     Document Type: Article

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