Did the 6 april 2009 L'Aquila earthquake fill a seismic gap?

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 645-653

  Barani, Simone ^a   Eva, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; SEISMICITY;

ABRUZZI; ITALY; L'AQUILA;

AQUILA;

EID: 80052507936     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.82.5.645     Document Type: Article

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