A note on the statistical interpretation of Båth's law
- 1 August 1969
- journal article
- Published by Seismological Society of America (SSA) in Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
- Vol. 59 (4) , 1535-1541
- https://doi.org/10.1785/bssa0590041535
Abstract
A theoretical version of Båth's law is derived on the assumption that aftershock magnitudes are independently and exponentially distributed. The results are not fully in agreement with the commonly accepted picture of Båth's law, but it is shown by reference to Utsu's table of Japanese aftershock sequences that the discrepancies may be due to bias introduced by the method of selecting the data for study.Keywords
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