Significant earthquakes on the enriquillo fault system, hispaniola, 1500-2010: Implications for seismic hazard

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-30

  Bakun, William H ^a   Flores, Claudia H ^b   ten Brink, Uri S ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEST FIT; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; FAULT SYSTEM; GRID SEARCH; HISTORICAL EARTHQUAKES; HISTORICAL RECORDS; PLATE BOUNDARIES; SEISMIC ACTIVITY; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SOURCE LOCATION;

GEOPHYSICS; SEISMOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; FAULT ZONE; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC HAZARD;

HISPANIOLA;

EID: 84857177055     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120110077     Document Type: Article

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