Energy Distribution in Earthquakes: A Non-Extensive Approach

2001/04/05 by Oscar Sotolongo-Costa, Sotolongo-Costa, Oscar, A. Posadas +1
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Abstract

By using the maximum entropy principle with Tsallis entropy and under the assumption that the gouge plays an active role in the triggering of earthquakes, we obtain a functional dependence for energy distribution function for earthquakes which fits very well with observations in the region of small energies. This distribution function is related to the size distribution function of fragments in the gouge.

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