The seismicity of the British Isles

A new and homogeneous catalogue of earthquakes in the British Isles has been produced, including events of magnitude 4 ML and greater to 1700 and events of 3 ML and greater thereafter. The distribution of seismicity is uneven, with some areas (e.g Ireland) almost aseismic. Magnitude/frequency analys...

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Main Author:	R. M. W. Musson
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) 1996-06-01
Series:	Annals of Geophysics
Subjects:	seismicity British isles historical earthquakes
Online Access:	http://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/3982

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spelling	doaj-a0b62dbe1c5a4f31a47d207c9f622a642020-11-24T22:41:56ZengIstituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)Annals of Geophysics1593-52132037-416X1996-06-0139310.4401/ag-3982The seismicity of the British IslesR. M. W. MussonA new and homogeneous catalogue of earthquakes in the British Isles has been produced, including events of magnitude 4 ML and greater to 1700 and events of 3 ML and greater thereafter. The distribution of seismicity is uneven, with some areas (e.g Ireland) almost aseismic. Magnitude/frequency analysis shows that a double-tl.uncated exponential distribution gives a better fit than a classic Gutenberg-Richter linear fit. Thecacnlated b value for the linear part of the exponential distribution is 0.94 with a maximum magnitude of 6.2 ML.http://www.annalsofgeophysics.eu/index.php/annals/article/view/3982seismicityBritish isleshistorical earthquakes
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title	The seismicity of the British Isles
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series	Annals of Geophysics
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description	A new and homogeneous catalogue of earthquakes in the British Isles has been produced, including events of magnitude 4 ML and greater to 1700 and events of 3 ML and greater thereafter. The distribution of seismicity is uneven, with some areas (e.g Ireland) almost aseismic. Magnitude/frequency analysis shows that a double-tl.uncated exponential distribution gives a better fit than a classic Gutenberg-Richter linear fit. Thecacnlated b value for the linear part of the exponential distribution is 0.94 with a maximum magnitude of 6.2 ML.
topic	seismicity British isles historical earthquakes
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The seismicity of the British Isles

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