Evolution of the vigorous 2006 swarm in Zakynthos (Greece) and probabilities for strong aftershocks occurrence

Journal of Seismology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 735-752

  Papadimitriou, Eleftheria ^a   Gospodinov, Dragomir ^b   Karakostas, Vassilis ^a   Astiopoulos, Anastasios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Aftershock probabilities; ETAS model; Swarm; Zakynthos (Greece)

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE SWARM; FAULT PLANE; PROBABILITY; SEISMICITY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; GREECE; IONIAN ISLANDS; ZAKYNTHOS [IONIAN ISLANDS];

EID: 84875399113     PISSN: 13834649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10950-012-9350-3     Document Type: Article

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