Perceptible earthquakes in the United Kingdom |
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| Authors: | Paul W Burton |
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| Institution: | Natural Environment Research Council, Institute of Geological Sciences, Murchison House, West Mains Road, Edinburgh EH9 3LA |
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| Abstract: | Summary. Earthquake occurrence in the United Kingdom is analysed using Gumbel's third type asymptotic distribution of extreme values. Uncertainties in both the parameters and predictions derived from the Gumbel distribution are obtained and it is shown that an earthquake with body-wave magnitude slightly over five is the one most likely to be perceived at any point in the United Kingdom. |
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