The 2008 West Bohemia earthquake swarm in the light of the WEBNET network

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 665-682

  Fischer, Tomáš ^a,b   Horálek, Josef ^a   Michálek, Jan ^a   Boušková, Alena ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Earthquake swarm; Seismic network; Seismicity

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; FAULT PLANE; FOCAL MECHANISM; PEAK ACCELERATION; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMICITY; STRONG MOTION;

BOHEMIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; GERMANY; VOGTLAND;

EID: 77957229959     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-010-9189-4     Document Type: Article

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