Overview of the first earthquake forecast testing experiment in Japan

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 159-169

  Nanjo, K Z ^a   Tsuruoka, H ^a   Hirata, N ^a   Jordan, T H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Global collaboration; Japan; Prediction and forecasting; Seismicity and tectonics; Statistical seismology

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORECASTING METHOD; SEISMICITY; SEISMOLOGY;

JAPAN;

EID: 79953868435     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5047/eps.2010.10.003     Document Type: Article

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