Are seismic waiting time distributions universal?

Details Are seismic waiting time distributions universal? Are seismic waiting time distributions universal?

2004-10-18

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0410444v1

Geophys. Res. Lett. 31, L21612 (2004).

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

5 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in Geophys. Res. Lett

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We show that seismic waiting time distributions in California and Iceland have many features in common as, for example, a power-law decay with exponent $\alpha \approx 1.1$ for intermediate and with exponent $\gamma \approx 0.6$ for short waiting times. While the transition point between these two regimes scales proportionally with the size of the considered area, the full distribution is not universal and depends in a non-trivial way on the geological area under consideration and its size. This is due to the spatial distribution of epicenters which does \emph{not} form a simple mono-fractal. Yet, the dependence of the waiting time distributions on the threshold magnitude seems to be universal.

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