The preliminary study of the 4 March 2010 Mw 6.3 Jiasian, Taiwan earthquake sequence

Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 283-290

  Huang, Hsin Hua ^a   Wu, Yih Min ^a   Lin, Ting Li ^a   Chao, Wei An ^a   Bruce, J ^a   Shyu, H ^a   Chan, Chung Han ^a   Chang, Chien Hsin ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CENTRAL WEATHER BUREAU   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Damage earthquake; Focal mechanism; Strong ground motion

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; FAULT PLANE; FOCAL MECHANISM; GROUND MOTION; PEAK ACCELERATION; PRECISION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SEISMICITY; STRONG MOTION; TREND ANALYSIS;

KAOHSIUNG; TAIWAN;

EID: 79953051675     PISSN: 10170839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3319/TAO.2010.12.13.01(T)     Document Type: Article

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