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August 01, 1989
The north Panama earthquake of 7 September 1882: Evidence for active underthrusting
C. Mendoza;
C. Mendoza
U.S. Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center
Box 25046, MS 967
Denver, Colorado 80225
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S. Nishenko
S. Nishenko
U.S. Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center
Box 25046, MS 967
Denver, Colorado 80225
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C. Mendoza
U.S. Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center
Box 25046, MS 967
Denver, Colorado 80225
S. Nishenko
U.S. Geological Survey National Earthquake Information Center
Box 25046, MS 967
Denver, Colorado 80225
Publisher: Seismological Society of America
Received:
06 Feb 1989
First Online:
03 Mar 2017
Online Issn: 1943-3573
Print Issn: 0037-1106
Copyright © 1989, by the Seismological Society of America
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (1989) 79 (4): 1264–1269.
Article history
Received:
06 Feb 1989
First Online:
03 Mar 2017
Citation
C. Mendoza, S. Nishenko; The north Panama earthquake of 7 September 1882: Evidence for active underthrusting. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 1989;; 79 (4): 1264–1269. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/BSSA0790041264
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Index Terms/Descriptors
- aftershocks
- Caribbean Plate
- Central America
- Colombia
- compression
- deformation
- earthquakes
- epicenters
- faults
- magnitude
- modified Mercalli scale
- Nazca Plate
- Panama
- plate boundaries
- seismic zoning
- seismology
- seismotectonics
- South America
- tectonics
- tectonophysics
- transition zones
- tsunamis
- underthrust faults
- North Panama earthquake 1882
- Panama earthquake 1621
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