Global earthquake fatalities and population

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 155-175

  Holzer, Thomas L ^a   Savage, James C ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

20TH CENTURY; CATASTROPHIC EARTHQUAKE; DEATH TOLLS; NONSTATIONARY; TWO-COMPONENT; WORLD POPULATION;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; POISSON RATIO;

EID: 84874893412     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/1.4000106     Document Type: Article

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