Probability gains of an epidemic-type aftershock sequence model in retrospective forecasting of M ≥ 5 earthquakes in Italy

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-26

  Console, R ^a   Murru, M ^a   Falcone, G ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epidemic type aftershock sequence (ETAS); Short range forecasting model in Italy

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FORECASTING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ITALY;

EID: 77952741999     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-009-9161-3     Document Type: Article

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