Reverse Detection of Short-Term Earthquake Precursors

Details Reverse Detection of Short-Term Earthquake Precursors Reverse Detection of Short-Term Earthquake Precursors

2003-12-13

arxiv.org/abs/physics/0312088v1

Physics of The Earth and Planetary Interiors, 145(1-4), pp.75-85, 2004

Physics

Geophysics

17 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.pepi.2004.02.010

We introduce a new approach to short-term earthquake prediction based on the concept of selforganization of seismically active fault networks. That approach is named "Reverse Detection of Precursors" (RDP), since it considers precursors in reverse order of their appearance. This makes it possible to detect precursors undetectable by direct analysis. Possible mechanisms underlying RDP are outlined. RDP is described with a concrete example: we consider as short-term precursors the newly introduced chains of earthquakes reflecting the rise of an earthquake correlation range; and detect (retrospectively) such chains a few months before two prominent Californian earthquakes - Landers, 1992, M = 7.6, and Hector Mine, 1999, M = 7.3, with one false alarm. Similar results (described elsewhere) are obtained by RDP for 21 more strong earthquakes in California (M >= 6.4), Japan (M >= 7.0) and the Eastern Mediterranean (M >= 6.5). Validation of the RDP approach requires, as always, prediction in advance for which this study sets up a base. We have the first case of advance prediction; it was reported before Tokachi-oki earthquake (near Hokkaido island, Japan), Sept. 25, 2003, M = 8.1. RDP has potentially important applications to other precursors and to prediction of other critical phenomena besides earthquakes. In particular, it might vindicate some short-term precursors, previously rejected as giving too many false alarms.

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