Delhi earthquake of 25 November 2007 (Mw 4.1): Implications for seismic hazard

Current Science

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 939-947

  Singh, S K ^a   Kumar, A ^b   Suresh, G ^c   Ordaz, M ^a   Pacheco, J F ^a   Sharma, M L ^b   Bansal, B K ^d   Dattatrayam, R S ^c   Reinoso, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^c INDIA METEOROLOGICAL DEPARTMENT   (India)

^d MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Attenuation relation; Delhi earthquake; Peak ground acceleration; Seismic hazard; Seismotectonics

Indexed keywords

EID: 78249232610     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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