Regional centroid moment tensor solutions for eastern Canadian earthquakes : 2017 / A.L. Bent.: M183-2/8466E-PDF

"Regional centroid moment tensor solutions have been determined for seven moderate-sized earthquakes in eastern Canada during 2017. Two additional earthquakes were also evaluated but their solutions did not meet the minimum quality standards for acceptance. The moment tensor inversion method is used to determine the focal mechanism, depth and seismic moment of the earthquakes. These parameters, in turn, provide information about the seismotectonic environment in which the earthquakes occur and may help improve seismic hazard estimates. The purpose of this report is not to provide an in-depth analysis of any specific earthquake but to catalog the solutions and data used to obtain them to make them available for future research projects"--Abstract, page 3.

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Department/Agency Geological Survey of Canada, issuing body.
Title Regional centroid moment tensor solutions for eastern Canadian earthquakes : 2017 / A.L. Bent.
Series title Open file ; 8466
Publication type Series - View Master Record
Language [English]
Format Electronic
Electronic document
Note(s) Includes bibliographical references (pages 18-19).
Publishing information [Ottawa] : Geological Survey of Canada, 2019.
©2019
Author / Contributor Bent, Allison Lyn, author.
Description 1 online resource (27 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Catalogue number
  • M183-2/8466E-PDF
Departmental catalogue number 314591
Subject terms Earthquakes -- Canada.
Seismology -- Canada.
Tremblements de terre -- Canada.
Sismologie -- Canada.
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