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Waveform Modelling of 2009 Bhutan Earthquake of Magnitude 6.1 (Mw) Using Local Network Data of North East India

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A strong earthquake of Mw 6.1 struck Bhutan on September 21, 2009 with casualties of several people. The epicentre of the event was given at latitude 27.34° N and longitude 91.41° E, and depth ~ 10 km (USGS report; http://earthquake.usgs.gov). Shaking from the earthquake was felt in the Bhutan, Tibet and in the adjoining North East region of India including Bangladesh.

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Acknowledgements

We thank Dr. D. Ramaiah FNASc, FNA, Director, CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST), Jorhat, for his kind support and encouragement in carrying out this work. We thank Prof. Harsh K. Gupta, Chairman, Research Council, CSIR-NEIST-J for his encouragement. We also thank Prof. J. R. Kayal, Visiting Professor, ISR, Gujarat, India and Dr. Saurabh Baruah, Head, GSTD, CSIR-NEIST-Jorhat, Assam, India for their help. Dr. Sebastiano D’Amico, Editor and the reviewers are thankfully acknowledged for their constructive comments. The Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India provided the financial support for this under Young Scientist Scheme, vide Sanction No. SR/FTP/ES-121/2014.

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Baruah, S., Boruah, M. (2018). Waveform Modelling of 2009 Bhutan Earthquake of Magnitude 6.1 (Mw) Using Local Network Data of North East India. In: D'Amico, S. (eds) Moment Tensor Solutions. Springer Natural Hazards. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77359-9_18

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