Nonextensive analysis of crustal seismicity in Taiwan

Using the Taiwan Central Weather Bureau earthquake catalogue, the crustal seismicity of Taiwan was analyzed by means of a nonextensive approach. The time span of the analyzed catalogue is from 1 January 1990 to 30 November 2007, and only earthquakes with magnitude <i>M</i&gt...

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Main Authors: L. Telesca, C.-C. Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2010-06-01
Series:Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/10/1293/2010/nhess-10-1293-2010.pdf
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spelling doaj-b32c6016e01e43fba78a347253d4073d2020-11-24T22:27:28ZengCopernicus PublicationsNatural Hazards and Earth System Sciences1561-86331684-99812010-06-011061293129710.5194/nhess-10-1293-2010Nonextensive analysis of crustal seismicity in TaiwanL. TelescaC.-C. ChenUsing the Taiwan Central Weather Bureau earthquake catalogue, the crustal seismicity of Taiwan was analyzed by means of a nonextensive approach. The time span of the analyzed catalogue is from 1 January 1990 to 30 November 2007, and only earthquakes with magnitude <i>M</i>≥2.0 were considered. Our findings reveal that the nonextensive statistics furnishes a very good prediction of the cumulative magnitude distribution of crustal seismicity in Taiwan, even if the aftershocks are removed, indicating that the approach is robust for clustered as well as declustered seismicity. http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/10/1293/2010/nhess-10-1293-2010.pdf
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Nonextensive analysis of crustal seismicity in Taiwan
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
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C.-C. Chen
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title Nonextensive analysis of crustal seismicity in Taiwan
title_short Nonextensive analysis of crustal seismicity in Taiwan
title_full Nonextensive analysis of crustal seismicity in Taiwan
title_fullStr Nonextensive analysis of crustal seismicity in Taiwan
title_full_unstemmed Nonextensive analysis of crustal seismicity in Taiwan
title_sort nonextensive analysis of crustal seismicity in taiwan
publisher Copernicus Publications
series Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
issn 1561-8633
1684-9981
publishDate 2010-06-01
description Using the Taiwan Central Weather Bureau earthquake catalogue, the crustal seismicity of Taiwan was analyzed by means of a nonextensive approach. The time span of the analyzed catalogue is from 1 January 1990 to 30 November 2007, and only earthquakes with magnitude <i>M</i>≥2.0 were considered. Our findings reveal that the nonextensive statistics furnishes a very good prediction of the cumulative magnitude distribution of crustal seismicity in Taiwan, even if the aftershocks are removed, indicating that the approach is robust for clustered as well as declustered seismicity.
url http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/10/1293/2010/nhess-10-1293-2010.pdf
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