Scaling relations of seismic moment, rupture area, average slip, and asperity size for M∼9 subduction-zone earthquakes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 5070-5074

  Murotani, Satoko ^a   Satake, Kenji ^a   Fujii, Yushiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

asperity; earthquake source model; giant earthquakes; scaling relations; seismic moment; tsunami hazard assessment

Indexed keywords

ASPERITY; EARTHQUAKE SOURCE MODELS; SCALING RELATIONS; SEISMIC MOMENT; TSUNAMI HAZARDS;

HAZARDS; TSUNAMIS;

EARTHQUAKES;

ASPERITY; GEODESY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; RUPTURE; SEISMIC MOMENT; SLIP RATE; SOURCE PARAMETERS; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TSUNAMI;

JAPAN;

EID: 84884932902     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50976     Document Type: Article

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