Rapid calculation of a centroid moment tensor and waveheight predictions around the north pacific for the 2011 off the pacific coast of tohoku earthquake

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 541-545

  Polet, Jascha ^a   Thio, Hong Kie ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b URS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

2011 tohoku earthquake; Centroid moment tensor; Real time earthquake source analysis; Tsunami early warning

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; CENTROID MOMENT TENSOR; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; GREEN FUNCTION; TSUNAMI;

HONSHU; JAPAN; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [JAPAN]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); TOHOKU;

EID: 83155165428     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5047/eps.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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