An empirical model for Global Earthquake fatality estimation

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1017-1037

  Jaiswal, Kishor ^a   Wald, David ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION; EMPIRICAL MODEL; FATALITY RATES; INTENSITY LEVELS; MORTALITY RATE; NUMBER OF PEOPLES; RESIDUAL ERROR; U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EID: 79251498301     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.3480331     Document Type: Article

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