The long-lasting aftershock series of the 3 may 1887 Mw 7.5 sonora earthquake in the mexican basin and range province

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1153-1164

  Castro, Raúl R ^a   Shearer, Peter M ^b   Astiz, Luciana ^b   Suter, Max ^c   Jacques Ayala, Cesar ^c   Vernon, Frank ^b  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME; BASIN AND RANGE; EARTHQUAKE LOCATION; EPICENTRAL REGION; FAULT PATTERNS; FAULT ZONE; LOCAL NETWORKS; LONG LASTING; MAINSHOCK; ME-XICO; RECURRENCE TIME; SEISMIC NETWORKS; SLIP RATES; UPPER CRUST;

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

ACTIVE FAULT; AFTERSHOCK; ARRIVAL TIME; BODY WAVE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SONORA;

EID: 77952661302     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120090180     Document Type: Article

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