Estimation of moment magnitude from ground motions at regional distances

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 107-116

  Atkinson, Gail M ^a   Mahani, Alireza Babaie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION MODEL; CONSISTENT ESTIMATION; DISTANCE RANGES; GROUND MOTIONS; MOMENT MAGNITUDES; ROBUST APPROACHES; SPECTRAL AMPLITUDE; STANDARD DEVIATION;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; GROUND MOTION; RESPONSE ANALYSIS; SEISMIC ATTENUATION; SEISMIC MOMENT; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; STOCHASTICITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84873497312     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120120182     Document Type: Article

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