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Statistical analysis of the 2003–2016 seismicity of Azerbaijan and surrounding areas

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The aim of the present work is to furnish a detailed picture of the space-time-magnitude statistical properties of the instrumental seismic catalogue of Azerbaijan and surrounding regions from 2003 to 2016. Although Azerbaijan is one of the most seismically active areas in the world, an exhaustive description of the statistical properties of the time, space, and magnitude distribution of its seismicity is still lacking. Therefore, the aim of this work is to fill this scientific gap.

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  1. National Research Council, Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis, C.da S. Loja, 85050, Tito, PZ, Italy

    Luciano Telesca

  2. Institute of Geology and Geophysics, ANAS, H.Javid Av., 119, AZ1143, Baku, Azerbaijan

    Fakhraddin Kadirov, Rafig Safarov & Gulam Babayev

  3. Republican Seismological Survey Center of ANAS, Nigar Rafibeyli str., 25, AZ1001, Baku, Azerbaijan

    Gurban Yetirmishli & Saida Ismaylova

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Telesca, L., Kadirov, F., Yetirmishli, G. et al. Statistical analysis of the 2003–2016 seismicity of Azerbaijan and surrounding areas. J Seismol 21, 1467–1485 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10950-017-9677-x

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