English
Related papers

Related papers: On geometric complexity of earthquake focal zone a…

200 papers

Most earthquake energy release arises during fault slip many kilometers below the Earth's surface. Understanding earthquakes and their hazard requires mapping the geometry and distribution of this slip. Such finite-fault maps are typically…

Geophysics · Physics 2024-06-21 Anthony Lomax

Earthquake ruptures dynamically activate coseismic off-fault damage around fault cores. Systematic field observation efforts have shown the distribution of off-fault damage around main faults, while numerical modeling using elastic-plastic…

This paper combines the power of deep-learning with the generalizability of physics-based features, to present an advanced method for seismic discrimination between earthquakes and explosions. The proposed method contains two branches: a…

In the present paper we have conducted studies on seismological properties using worldwide data of deep earthquakes (depth larger than 70 km), considering events with magnitude $m \geq 4.5$. We have addressed the problem under the…

The paper describes a theoretical model of the generation of electromagnetic emissions detected prior to the earthquake, a scheme of the earthquake prediction methodology, the possible methods, which are capable of simultaneous…

Geophysics · Physics 2022-04-26 Manana Kachakhidze , Nino Kachakhidze-Murphy

In recent years, considerable attention has been paid to research and development methods able to assess the seismic energy propagation on the territory. The seismic energy propagation is strongly related to the complexity of the source and…

Computational Physics · Physics 2018-04-11 Giulio Zuccaro , Daniela De Gregorio , Magdalini Titirla , Mariano Modano , Luciano Rosati

This entry in the Encyclopedia of Complexity and Systems Science, Springer present a summary of some of the concepts and calculational tools that have been developed in attempts to apply statistical physics approaches to seismology. We…

Geophysics · Physics 2008-04-22 D. Sornette , M. J. Werner

We propose a new method to test the effectiveness of a spatial point process forecast based on a log-likelihood score for predicted point density and the information gain for events that actually occurred in the test period. The method…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2010-11-24 Yan Y. Kagan

Computational earthquake sequence models provide generative estimates of the time, location, and size of synthetic seismic events that can be compared with observed earthquake histories and assessed as rupture forecasts. Here we describe a…

Geophysics · Physics 2023-04-17 Brendan J. Meade

By using the maximum entropy principle, with Tsallis entropy, we obtain an explicit dependence for energy distribution of earthquakes. This function describes very well the observations in a wide range of energies, where other distribution…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Oscar Sotolongo-Costa , Antonio Posadas

To analyze seismic wave propagation in geological structures, it is possible to consider various numerical approaches: the finite difference method, the spectral element method, the boundary element method, the finite element method, the…

Geophysics · Physics 2011-08-18 Jean-François Semblat

A geometric approach to the friction phenomena is presented. It is based on the holographic view which has recently been popular in the theoretical physics community. We see the system in one-dimension-higher space. The heat-producing…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-08-07 Shoichi Ichinose

In this paper, we used the Global Catalog of the National Earthquake Information Center US Geological Survey (NEIC USGS) for analysis of the magnitude-frequency distribution of earthquakes. We selected the unimodal part of the distribution…

Geophysics · Physics 2019-12-03 A. V. Guglielmi

We study the distributions of earthquake numbers in two global catalogs: Global Centroid-Moment Tensor and Preliminary Determinations of Epicenters. These distributions are required to develop the number test for forecasts of future seismic…

Applications · Statistics 2017-10-11 Yan Y. Kagan

In this review paper, we comprehensively summarize numerical applications of double-null formalism for studying dynamics within the theory of gravity. By using the double-null coordinates, we can investigate dynamical black holes and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-02-13 Anna Nakonieczna , Łukasz Nakonieczny , Dong-han Yeom

Documenting the interplay between slow deformation and seismic ruptures is essential to understand the physics of earthquakes nucleation. However, slow deformation is often difficult to detect and characterize. The most pervasive seismic…

The basic purpose of the paper is to draw the attention of researchers to new possibilities of differentiation of similar signals having different nature. One of examples of such kind of signals is presented by seismograms containing…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-07 Renat Yulmetyev , Fail Gafarov , Peter Hänggi , Raoul Nigmatullin , Shamil Kayumov

Relative relocation methods are commonly used to precisely relocate earthquake clusters consisting of similar waveforms. Repeating waveforms are often recorded at volcanoes, where, however, the crust structure is expected to contain strong…

Geophysics · Physics 2016-11-03 Giulia Sgattoni , Ólafur Guðmundsson , Páll Einarsson , Federico Lucchi

Geometrical complexities in natural fault zones, such as steps and gaps, pose a challenge in seismic hazard studies as they can act as obstacles to seismic ruptures. In this study, we propose a criterion, which is based on the…

Any periodic variations of earthquake occurrence rates in response to small, known, periodic stress variations provide important opportunities to learn about the earthquake nucleation process. Yet, reliable detection of earthquake…

Geophysics · Physics 2021-01-28 Timothy Park , Franz J. Kiraly , Stephen J. Bourne