▪ Abstract Recent developments in volcanic seismology include new techniques to improve
earthquake locations that have changed clouds of earthquakes to lines (faults) for high …

The estimation of the b-value of the Gutenberg-Richter Law and its uncertainty is crucial in
seismic hazard studies, as well as in verifying theoretical assertions, such as, for example …

We mapped the minimum magnitude of complete reporting, M c, for Alaska, the western
United States, and for the JUNEC earthquake catalog of Japan. M c was estimated based on …

Earthquake catalogs are probably the most fundamental products of seismology and remain
arguably the most useful for tectonic studies. Modern seismograph networks can locate up to …

We hypothesize that highly stressed asperities may be defined by mapping anomalously low
b values. Along the San Andreas fault near Parkfield the asperity under Middle Mountain …

Publisher Summary This chapter summarizes the new facts surrounding the spatial
variability of the b-value—the slope of the frequency-magnitude distribution (FMD) …

The size distribution of earthquakes has been investigated since the early 20th century. In
1932 WADATI assumed a power-law distribution n (E)= kE—w for earthquake energy E and …

Analysis of a high quality seismic catalog reveals that the average of seismic b‐values in the
crust beneath most part of northeastern Japan island arc decreased from 0.86 between …

The spatial variability of the b value of the frequency‐magnitude relationship and the decay
rate of aftershocks as described by the p value of the modified Omori law is investigated. By …

A new earthquake prediction system is presented in this work. This method, based on the
application of artificial neural networks, has been used to predict earthquakes in Chile, one …