Title: On the Magnitude and the Fault Length of the Great Wenchuan Earthquake
Abstract: Brief description of the determination of earthquake is given to explain why the of Wenchuan earthquake changed from 7.8 to 8.0.The author points out that the moment magnitude of Wenchuan earthquake is at least 7.9,and could be as high as 8.3.Wenchuan earthquake and Tangshan earthquake are compared by and length of faults to show that the energy released in Wenchuan earthquake is about three times that of in Tangshan earthquake.
Publication Year: 2008
Publication Date: 2008-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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