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A Test of the Cyclicity of Earthquakes

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The periodogram analysis of time intervals between successive earthquakes is used for testing the seismic gap hypothesis. Using the available data, it is shown that the existence of a periodic component can be rejected with high confidence. The test provides evidence against quasi-periodicity and regular clustering of the arrival times.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA, 17815-1301, U.S.A.

    G. R. Dargahi-Noubary

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Dargahi-Noubary, G.R. A Test of the Cyclicity of Earthquakes. Natural Hazards 16, 127–134 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007982427891

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