Physics
Scientific paper
Aug 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009georl..3616301t&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 36, Issue 16, CiteID L16301
Physics
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Seismology: Earthquake Interaction, Forecasting, And Prediction (1217, 1242), Geomagnetism And Paleomagnetism: Geomagnetic Excursions, Space Weather: Geomagnetically Induced Currents
Scientific paper
Using 1-second magnetometer data recorded 67 km from the epicenter of the 1993 Mw 7.7 Guam earthquake, Hayakawa et al. (1996) and Miyahara et al. (1999) identify anomalous precursory changes in ultra-low frequency magnetic polarization (the ratio of vertical to horizontal field components). In a check of their results, we compare their data (GAM) with 1-second data from the Kakioka observatory (KAK) in Japan and the global magnetic activity index Kp. We also examine log books kept by USGS staff working on the Guam magnetic observatory. We find (1) analysis problems with both Hayakawa et al. and Miyahara et al., (2) significant correlation between the GAM, KAK, and Kp data, and (3) an absence of identifiable localized anomalous signals occurring prior to the earthquake. The changes we do find in polarization are part of normal global magnetic activity; they are unrelated to the earthquake.
Johnston Malcolm J. S.
Love Jeffrey J.
Thomas Jeremy N.
Yumoto Kiyohumi
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