Local Distributions and Rate Fluctuations in a Unified Scaling Law for Earthquakes

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2003-01-17

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0301321v1

Phys. Rev. E 68, 035102(R) (2003)

Physics

Condensed Matter

8 text pages but swift to read, 4 figures self-explained. In memoriam of Per Bak

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.68.035102

A recently proposed unified scaling law for interoccurrence times of earthquakes [P. Bak et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 88}, 178501 (2002)] is analyzed, both theoretically and with data from Southern California. We decompose the corresponding probability density into local-instantaneous distributions, which scale with the rate of earthquake occurrence. The fluctuations of the rate, characterizing the non-stationarity of the process, show a doubly power-law distribution and are fundamental to determine the overall behavior, described by a double power law as well.

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