Type | Article |
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Title | A Moment Magnitude Scale |
Authors | Hanks, T. C.; Kanamori, H. |
Journal | Journal of Geophysical Research |
Year | 1979 |
Volume | 84 |
Number | B5 |
Pages | 2348-2350 |
Abstract | The nearly coincident forms of the relations between seismic moment M0 and the magnitudes ML, Ms and Mw imply a moment magnitude scale M = 2/3 logM0 - 10.7 which is uniformly valid for 3 ~< ML ~< 7, 5 ~< Ms ~< 7.5, and Mw >~ 7.5 |
Access | Public |
No | Name | Property | Value | Validity Conditions | |||
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1. | Moment magnitude from seismic moment (Hanks and Kanamori, 1979) | Mw | ƒ(M0) | - | - | - | - |
2. | Seismic moment from moment magnitude | M0 | ƒ(Mw) dyn·cm | - | - | - | - |
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