“…In particular, scientists in Japan, China, Taiwan, U.S.A., the former USSR, Italy, France, Germany, Austria, Greece and India, have addressed this matter in relation to seismo-tectonic problems (SHAPIRO et al, 1980;HAUKSSON, 1981;MENDENHALL et al, 1981;THOMAS, 1988;KING, 1986KING, , 1993WAKITA et al, 1989a,b;IGARASHI et al, 1993;IGARASHI and WAKITA, 1995).…”