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The Cusco, Peru, earthquake of May 21, 1950
George E. Ericksen, Jaime Fernandez Concha and Enrique Silgado
The Cusco, Peru, earthquake of May 21, 1950
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (1954) 44 (2A): 97-112
The Cusco, Peru, earthquake of May 21, 1950
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (1954) 44 (2A): 97-112
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Abstract
Concludes that the earthquake of May 1950 whose epicenter was in the western end of the Cuzco basin, Peru, was probably of tectonic origin. No evidence of recent movement along known faults in the area was found, but extensive fissuring which developed in unconsolidated sediments on the south side of the basin may be related to an active bedrock fault.
ISSN: 0037-1106
EISSN: 1943-3573
Coden: BSSAAP
Serial Title: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
Serial Volume: 44
Serial Issue: 2A
Title: The Cusco, Peru, earthquake of May 21, 1950
Pages: 97-112
Published: 1954
Text Language: English
Publisher: Seismological Society of America,
Berkeley, CA,
United States
Accession Number: 1954-001497
Categories: Seismology
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus. (incl. map)
S18°15'00" - N00°00'00", W81°10'00" - W70°00'00"
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2017, American Geosciences Institute. Reference includes data from Bibliography and Index of Geology Exclusive of North America, Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO, United States
Update Code: 1954
