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Temporal multifractal pattern of seismicity in northwest Himalayan region

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The variation of temporal fractal dimension D2 (t) value may be well applied for understanding the future large earthquakes. In this present analysis the time series of inter-occurrence of earthquakes of consecutive hundred events window in Himalayan region is analyzed. We observed the variation in D2 (t) values in the range of 0.19 to 0.68 indicating the variation of clustering of events with respect to time. The multifractal nature of earthquakes is also investigated by plotting Dq(t) versus q. The result shows the temporal distribution of earthquakes have multifractal structure of definitive pattern rather than random pattern.

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Mondal, S.K., Roy, P.N.S. Temporal multifractal pattern of seismicity in northwest Himalayan region. J Geol Soc India 88, 569–575 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12594-016-0522-6

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