An estimation of the maximum b-value in the Gutenberg-Richter relation |
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| Institution: | 1. Seismological Department, Uppsala University, Box 2101, S-75002 Uppsala, Sweden;1. Radiation and Medical Oncology Center, National Cancer Institute, Vilnius, Lithuania;2. Scientific Research Center, National Cancer Institute, Vilnius, Lithuania;3. Department of Radiation Oncology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA;1. Lanzhou Institute of Seismology, China Earthquake Administration, Lanzhou, 730000, China;2. Department of Geological Sciences, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211, USA;3. Laboratory of Computational Geodynamics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China;4. Institute of Earthquake Science, China Earthquake Administration, Beijing, China;5. Institute of Geomechanism, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, China;1. Limpopo College of Nursing, Thohoyandou Campus, South Africa;2. Nursing Science Department, University of Pretoria, South Africa;1. Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research (IDAEA), CSIC, c/ J. Girona 18, 08034 Barcelona, Spain;2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), c/ J. Girona 1-3, 08034 Barcelona, Spain;3. Associated Unit: Hydrogeology Group (UPC-CSIC), Spain |
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| Abstract: | An estimation of the maximum b-value in the Gutenberg-Richter relation is achieved from empirical laws of earthquake occurrence and from dimensional considerations of power law distributions of earthquake size. The deduced maximum b-value, 1.5 (or with error limits 1.30?bmax?1.64) agrees very well with maximum b-values computed from earthquake catalogues or published elsewhere in the literature. © 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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