Tidal triggering of earthquakes precursory to the recent Sumatra megathrust earthquakes of 26 December 2004 (Mw 9.0), 28 March 2005 (M w 8.6), and 12 September 2007 (Mw 8.5)

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Tanaka, Sachiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

EARTH TIDE; EARTHQUAKE OCCURRENCES; FOCAL REGIONS; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; LARGE EARTHQUAKES; MEGATHRUST EARTHQUAKES; PHASE ANGLES; TIDAL STRESS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 77955189935     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041581     Document Type: Article

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