Earthquake early warning: Concepts, methods and physical grounds

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 106-118

  Satriano, Claudio ^a,c   Wu, Yih Min ^b   Zollo, Aldo ^c   Kanamori, Hiroo ^d  

^a Ctro Regionale di Competenza Analisi e Monitoraggio del Rischio Ambientale of the Campania district   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE POTENTIAL; DAMAGE RECOVERY; EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING; EARTHQUAKE SIZE; ECONOMIC LOSS; END-USERS; FRACTURE PROCESS; ME-XICO; MODERN TECHNOLOGIES; SEISMIC MONITORING; SEISMIC RISK; TIME-SCALES;

EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC DESIGN;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GROUND MOTION; REAL TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMOLOGY; SOURCE PARAMETERS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

JAPAN; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 78649445479     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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