Analysis of Gutenberg-Richter b-value and mmax

Part I: Exact Solution of Kijko-Sellevoll Estimator of mmax

  • Mika Haarala Instituto de Estudios Interdisciplinarios de Ingeniería (IESIING) – Facultad de Ingeniería – UCASAL. Acrenet Oy, Joensuu, Finland.
Keywords: Mmax - b-value, Gutenberg-Richter distribution function, Kijko-Sellevoll estimator, series

Abstract

This report is the first of a series of three which have the main goal to achieve a method to estimate the parameters b and mmax that are essential when Gutenberg-Richter law is used for seismic hazard assessment.

We give the exact solution of Kijko-Sellevoll approach to estimateand also a new method to calculate mmax applying series. It proved to be numerically more stable even in the cases when wide range of magnitudes or large catalogue is used.

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Author Biography

Mika Haarala, Instituto de Estudios Interdisciplinarios de Ingeniería (IESIING) – Facultad de Ingeniería – UCASAL. Acrenet Oy, Joensuu, Finland.

Es MSC en Matematicas, por la Universidad de Joensuu, Finlandia. Es investigador del Instituto de Estudios intendisciplinarios de Ingenieria de la UCASAL, en el area de Matematica Aplicada y Estadistica. Miembro del Grupo de riesgo Sísmico, con varias publicaciones sobre el tema.

Published
2016-12-16
How to Cite
Haarala, M. (2016). Analysis of Gutenberg-Richter b-value and mmax . Cuadernos De Ingeniería, (9), 51-77. Retrieved from https://revistas.ucasal.edu.ar/index.php/CI/article/view/145
Issue
No 9 (2016)
Section
Artículos

Copyright (c) 2016 Mika Haarala

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