Body-wave magnitude mb is a good proxy of moment magnitude Mw for small earthquakes (mb<4.5-5.0)

Seismological Research Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 932-937

  Gasperini, Paolo ^a   Lolli, Barbara ^b   Vannucci, Gianfranco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY WAVE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; SEISMIC MOMENT;

EID: 84893733918     PISSN: 08950695     EISSN: 19382057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0220130105     Document Type: Article

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