DOI: 10.1073/pnas.63.4.1051. HOMOGENEOUS CATALOGS OF EARTHQUAKES

10.1073/pnas.63.4.1051

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Abstract

The usual bias in earthquake catalogs against shocks of small magnitudes can be removed by testing the randomness of the magnitudes of successive shocks. The southern California catalog, 1933-1967, is found to be unbiased in the sense of the test at magnitude 4 or above; the cutoff is improved to M = 3 for the subcatalog 1953-1967.

Bibliography

Knopoff, L., & Gardner, J. K. (1969). HOMOGENEOUS CATALOGS OF EARTHQUAKES. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 63(4), 1051â1054.

Authors 2

Leon Knopoff (first)
J. K. Gardner (additional)

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Type	When
Created	19 years, 2 months ago (May 31, 2006, 2:14 a.m.)
Deposited	3 years, 4 months ago (April 13, 2022, 10:16 a.m.)
Indexed	1 month, 2 weeks ago (July 4, 2025, 8:46 a.m.)
Issued	56 years ago (Aug. 1, 1969)
Published	56 years ago (Aug. 1, 1969)
Published Online	56 years ago (Aug. 1, 1969)
Published Print	56 years ago (Aug. 1, 1969)

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BibTeX

@article{Knopoff_1969, title={HOMOGENEOUS CATALOGS OF EARTHQUAKES}, volume={63}, ISSN={1091-6490}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.63.4.1051}, DOI={10.1073/pnas.63.4.1051}, number={4}, journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, publisher={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, author={Knopoff, Leon and Gardner, J. K.}, year={1969}, month=aug, pages={1051–1054} }

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