Precursory seismic quiescence before the Mw = 8.3 Tokachi-oki, Japan, earthquake on 26 September 2003 revealed by a re-examined earthquake catalog

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 116, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Katsumata, Kei ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALY; ASPERITY; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; SEISMIC QUIESCENCE; SEISMIC WAVE; SEISMOLOGY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; TOKACHI;

EID: 80055045053     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JB007964     Document Type: Article

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