Seismological interpretation of earthquake-induced water-level fluctuations in wells
- 1 July 1959
- journal article
- Published by Seismological Society of America (SSA) in Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
- Vol. 49 (3) , 227-245
- https://doi.org/10.1785/bssa0490030227
Abstract
Magnitudes for normal-depth earthquakes computed from the amplitude of water-level fluctuations induced in a well tapping a confined aquifer in Honolulu, Hawaii, agree closely with those assigned by Pasadena. The maximum fluctuations in the well are produced by long-period Rayleigh surface waves. The response of the well to earthquake waves diminishes rapidly as wave length decreases.Keywords
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