Earthquake clusters in southern California I: Identification and stability

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2847-2864

  Zaliapin, Ilya ^a   Ben Zion, Yehuda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthquake clustering; Earthquake dynamics; Earthquake interaction; Nearest neighbors; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

AFTERSHOCK; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE MECHANISM; EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION; FORESHOCK; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; SEISMIC ZONE; SEISMICITY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84880763468     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrb.50179     Document Type: Article

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