Abstract
Shallow earthquakes usually show obvious spatio-temporal clustering patterns. In this study, several spatio-temporal point process models are applied to investigate the clustering characteristics of the well-known Tangshan sequence based on classical empirical laws and a few assumptions. The relative fit of competing models is compared by Akaike Information Criterion. The spatial clustering pattern is well characterized by the model which gives the best fit to the data. A simulated aftershock sequence is generated by thinning algorithm and compared with the real seismicity.
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Lü, S., Li, Y. Spatio-temporal epidemic type aftershock sequence model for Tangshan aftershock sequence. Earthq Sci 24, 401–408 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11589-011-0802-6
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11589-011-0802-6
Key words
- spatio-temporal model
- Tangshan aftershock sequence
- Laplace type clustering, thinning simulation
- Akaike information criterion