Characteristic and Uncharacteristic Earthquakes as Possible Artifacts: Applications to the New Madrid and Wabash Seismic Zones

2004/03/01 by Seth Stein, A. V. Newman · 63 citations
Earth and Planetary Sciences · #earthquake and tectonic studies #Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide #Seismic Waves and Analysis #Citation #National laboratory #Library science #History #Geology #Seismology #Archaeology #Physics #Engineering physics #Computer science

paper · doi:10.1785/gssrl.75.2.173

published in Seismological Research Letters 75(2), 173-187 (Seismological Society of America)

openalex publication_date 2004/03/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11

Abstract

Understanding the relation between the recurrence of large and small earthquakes i a formidable challenge, because multiple data sets with poorly known uncertainties are com-bined to explore phenomena that may vary from place to

Citations

• Seismic Gap Hypothesis: Ten years after
• Fault behavior and characteristic earthquakes: Examples from the Wasatch and San Andreas Fault Zones
• Seismic moment assessment of earthquakes in stable continental regions-III. New Madrid 1811-1812, Charleston 1886 and Lisbon 1755

Cited by

• A way to synchronize models with seismic faults for earthquake forecasting: Insights from a simple stochastic model
• Earthquake prediction [wikipedia]