Space-Time Clustering and Correlations of Major Earthquakes

2006/05/01 by J. R. Holliday, James R. Holliday, John B. Rundle +6 · 11 citations
Computer Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Physics and Astronomy · #Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis #Earthquake Detection and Analysis #Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping #physics.data-an

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.97.238501

5 pages, 3 figures. Submitted to PRL

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Abstract

Earthquake occurrence in nature is thought to result from correlated elastic stresses, leading to clustering in space and time. We show that the occurrence of major earthquakes in California correlates with time intervals when fluctuations in small earthquakes are suppressed relative to the long term average. We estimate a probability of less than 1% that this coincidence is due to random clustering.

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