Classification of main shocks and aftershocks in the NGA-West2 database

Earthquake Spectra

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1257-1267

  Wooddell, Kathryn E ^a   Abrahamson, Norman A ^a  

^a PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS;

DISTANCE METRICS; GROUND MOTIONS; MAIN SHOCK; RUPTURE PLANE; SHORT PERIODS; STRONG MOTION DATUM; TIME WINDOWS; WINDOW-BASED;

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION);

AFTERSHOCK; CLASSIFICATION; DATA SET; DATABASE; EARTHQUAKE RUPTURE; STRONG MOTION;

EID: 84907565336     PISSN: 87552930     EISSN: 19448201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1193/071913EQS208M     Document Type: Article

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