Isoseismal map of the 2015 Nepal earthquake and its relationships with ground-motion parameters, distance and magnitude

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 133, Issue , 2017, Pages 24-37

  Prajapati, Sanjay K ^a   Dadhich, Harendra K ^a   Chopra, Sumer ^b  

^a Ministry of Earth Sciences   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF SEISMOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Ground motion; Hazard; Intensity; Nepal

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE EVENT; EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; GROUND MOTION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; ISOSEISMAL MAP; PEAK ACCELERATION; SEISMIC ATTENUATION;

NEPAL;

EID: 84979587950     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2016.07.013     Document Type: Article

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