NDLI: On the frequency distribution of interoccurrence times of earthquakes

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Wang, Jeen Hwa Kuo, Chiao Hui
Copyright Year	1998
Abstract	The distributions of discrete frequency, N, versus interoccurrence time, t (in days), of M ≥ 7 earthquakes in the Taiwan region during the 1900–1994 period, M ≥ 6 earthquakes in the north-south seismic belt of China during the 1900–1990 period, and M ≥ 5.5 earthquakes in Southern California, U.S.A., during the 1914–1995 period are studied through two statistical models (gamma function and exponential function). Results show that both the exponential function and gamma function can describe the distributions. However, the former is more appropriate than the latter. This indicates that the three time series of earthquakes have a significant component of Poisson processes, even though the tectonic conditions, the fault distributions and the size of the three seismic regions are different.
Starting Page	351
Ending Page	358
Page Count	8
File Format	PDF
ISSN	13834649
Journal	Journal of Seismology
Volume Number	2
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	1573157X
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	1998-01-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Structural Geology Geophysics/Geodesy Hydrogeology Geotechnical Engineering
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Geochemistry and Petrology Geophysics

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On the frequency distribution of interoccurrence times of earthquakes