Magnitude scaling of early-warning parameters for the Mw 7.8 Tocopilla, Chile, earthquake and its aftershocks

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 447-463

  Lancieri, M ^a   Fuenzalida, A ^a   Ruiz, S ^b   Madariaga, R ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW PASS FILTERS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SEISMIC WAVES; SHEAR WAVES;

EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION; P- AND S-WAVES; PEAK DISPLACEMENT; PREDOMINANT PERIOD; REGRESSION CURVE; SATURATION EFFECTS;

EARTHQUAKES;

AFTERSHOCK; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; P-WAVE; S-WAVE; SUBDUCTION;

CHILE;

EID: 79953048836     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120100045     Document Type: Article

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