The 1909 Taipei earthquake-implication for seismic hazard in Taipei

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 126-146

  Kanamori, Hiroo ^a   Lee, William H K ^b   Ma, Kuo Fong ^c,d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Earthquake dynamics; Earthquake ground motions; Earthquake source observations; Seismicity and tectonics; Site effects

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE DYNAMICS; EARTHQUAKE GROUND MOTIONS; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE; EXISTING STRUCTURE; GROUND MOTIONS; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HISTORICAL SEISMOGRAM; INTRAPLATE EARTHQUAKES; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SEISMIC STATION; SEISMOLOGICAL DATA; SITE EFFECTS; TAIWAN EARTHQUAKE;

TECTONICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EARTHQUAKES;

EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; GROUND MOTION; INTRAPLATE PROCESS; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; SEISMIC HAZARD; SEISMICITY; SEISMOGRAM; SITE EFFECT; SUBDUCTION;

TAIPEI; TAIWAN;

EID: 84866398726     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05589.x     Document Type: Article

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