Estimated seismic intensity distributions for earthquakes in Taiwan from 1900 to 2008

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2905-2913

  Chen, Kuei Pao ^a   Tsai, Yi Ben ^b   Cheng, Chin Tung ^c   Liu, Kun Sung ^d   Chang, Wen Yen ^e  

^a HSIN SHENG COLLEGE OF MEDICAL CARE AND MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

^b PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

^c SINOTECH ENGINEERING CONSULTANTS INC   (Taiwan)

^d KAO YUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e National Science Council   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B VALUE; CHICHI EARTHQUAKE; CITY PLANNERS; FUNCTIONAL FORMS; HSINCHU; MAJOR CITIES; MODIFIED MERCALLI INTENSITIES; PEAK GROUND ACCELERATION; PEAK GROUND VELOCITY; RECURRENCE INTERVALS; SEISMIC INTENSITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EARTHQUAKES; PROBABILITY;

POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

CHI-CHI EARTHQUAKE 1999; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; PEAK ACCELERATION; SEISMICITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WAVE ATTENUATION;

TAIWAN;

EID: 78650165374     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120090397     Document Type: Article

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