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Uniform magnitude re‐evaluation of European earthquakes associated with strong‐motion records
Author(s) -
Ambraseys N. N.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
earthquake engineering and structural dynamics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.218
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1096-9845
pISSN - 0098-8847
DOI - 10.1002/eqe.4290190103
Subject(s) - magnitude (astronomy) , attenuation , seismology , geology , surface wave , geodesy , seismic wave , physics , astronomy , optics
This paper presents uniformly calculated surface‐wave magnitudes of over 400 earthquakes in the European area and adjacent regions associated with strong‐motion recordings. Seismic moments and body‐wave magnitudes are estimated also, so that they may be used in the derivation of attenuation laws. Using a more complete set of data the attenuation law derived for western North American earthquakes is modified for surface‐wave magnitudes.