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Seismicity Patterns, their Statistical Significance and Physical Meaning

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Editors:
  1. Max Wyss

    1. Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA

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  2. Kunihiko Shimazaki

    1. Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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  3. Akihiko Ito

    1. University of Utsunomiya, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan

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Table of contents (24 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction

    • Max Wyss, Kunihiko Shimazaki, Akihiko Ito
    Pages 203-205

  3. Rethinking Earthquake Prediction

    • Lynn R. Sykes, Bruce E. Shaw, Christopher H. Scholz
    Pages 207-232

  4. Is Earthquake Seismology a Hard, Quantitative Science?

    • Y. Y. Kagan
    Pages 233-258

  5. How Can One Test the Seismic Gap Hypothesis? The Case of Repeated Ruptures in the Aleutians

    • Max Wyss, Stefan Wiemer
    Pages 259-278

  6. Evolving Towards a Critical Point: A Review of Accelerating Seismic Moment/Energy Release Prior to Large and Great Earthquakes

    • Steven C. JaumĂ©, Lynn R. Sykes
    Pages 279-305

  7. Seismic Cycles and the Evolution of Stress Correlation in Cellular Automaton Models of Finite Fault Networks

    • Charles G. Sammis, Stewart W. Smith
    Pages 307-334

  8. Detailed Distribution of Accelerating Foreshocks before a M 5.1 Earthquake in Japan

    • Koshun Yamaoka, Toru Ooida, Yoshihiro Ueda
    Pages 335-353

  9. Foreshock Occurrence Rates before Large Earthquakes Worldwide

    • Paul A. Reasenberg
    Pages 355-379

  10. Time Distribution of Immediate Foreshocks Obtained by a Stacking Method

    • Kenji Maeda
    Pages 381-394

  11. Pattern Characteristics of Foreshock Sequences

    • Yong Chen, Jie Liu, Hongkui Ge
    Pages 395-408

  12. Precursory Activation of Seismicity in Advance of the Kobe, 1995, M = 7.2 Earthquake

    • V. G. Kossobokov, K. Maeda, S. Uyeda
    Pages 409-423

  13. The Variation of Stresses due to Aseismic Sliding and its Effect on Seismic Activity

    • Naoyuki Kato., Tomowo Hirasawa
    Pages 425-442

  14. Precursory Seismic Quiescence before the 1994 Kurile Earthquake (M = 8.3) Revealed by Three Independent Seismic Catalogs

    • Kei Katsumata, Minoru Kasahara
    Pages 443-470

  15. Seismicity Analysis through Point-process Modeling: A Review

    • Yosihiko Ogata
    Pages 471-507

  16. Representation and Analysis of the Earthquake Size Distribution: A Historical Review and Some New Approaches

    • Tokuji Utsu
    Pages 509-535

  17. Universality of the Seismic Moment-frequency Relation

    • Y. Y. Kagan
    Pages 537-573

  18. Physical Basis for Statistical Patterns in Complex Earthquake Populations: Models, Predictions and Tests

    • John B. Rundle, W. Klein, Susanna Gross
    Pages 575-607

  19. Use of Statistical Models to Analyze Periodic Seismicity Observed for Clusters in the Kanto Region, Central Japan

    • Masajiro Imoto, Kenji Maeda, Akio Yoshida
    Pages 609-624

  20. Pore Creation due to Fault Slip in a Fluid-permeated Fault Zone and its Effect on Seismicity: Generation Mechanism of Earthquake Swarm

    • Teruo Yamashita
    Pages 625-647
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204 Pure app!. geophys. , P. Reasenberg demonstrated that in Cascadia earthquakes are four times more likely to be foreshocks than in California. Many speakers emphasized the regional differences in all earthquake parameters, and it was generally understood that basic models of the earthquake occurrence must be modified for regional application. The idea that the focal mechanisms of foreshocks may differ from that of background activity was advocated by Y. Chen and identified by M. Ohtake as possibly the thus far most neglected property of foreshocks, in efforts to identify them. S. Matsumura proposed that focal mechanism patterns of small earthquakes may differ character­ istically near locked fault segments into which fault creep is advancing. Considerable discussion was devoted to the status of the seismic gap hypothesis because M. Wyss argued that the occurrence of the M 7. 9, 1986, Andreanof Islands earthquake was a confirmation of Reid's rebound theory of earthquakes and thus of the time predictable version of the gap hypothesis, whereas Y. Kagan believed he could negate this view by presenting a list of nine earthquake pairs with M> 7. 4, moment centroid separation of less than 100 km, and time difference less than about 60% of the time he estimated it would take plate motions to restore the slip of the first event.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, USA

    Max Wyss

  • Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

    Kunihiko Shimazaki

  • University of Utsunomiya, Utsunomiya, Tochigi, Japan

    Akihiko Ito

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Seismicity Patterns, their Statistical Significance and Physical Meaning

  • Editors: Max Wyss, Kunihiko Shimazaki, Akihiko Ito

  • Series Title: Pageoph Topical Volumes

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8677-2

  • Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Basel AG 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-7643-6209-6Published: 01 August 1999

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-0348-8677-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 2504-3625

  • Series E-ISSN: 2504-3633

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 526

  • Number of Illustrations: 29 b/w illustrations, 6 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Geology

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