Local magnitudes, seismic moments, and coda durations for earthquakes near Oroville, California
- 1 June 1977
- journal article
- Published by Seismological Society of America (SSA) in Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America
- Vol. 67 (3) , 615-629
- https://doi.org/10.1785/bssa0670030615
Abstract
Seismic moments Mo and local magnitudes ML for earthquakes near Oroville, California imply the linear log seismic moment-local magnitude relation Coda durations τ for short-period, vertical-component seismographs located in the epicentral region are related to local magnitude using two linear log τ-ML segments with point of intersection at ML ≂ 1.5. The rms error is 0.1 to 0.2 units of magnitude. A relation of the form log Mo = a1 + a3 (log τ)2 is sufficient (in the sense that rms error in log10Mo is 0.2 to 0.3 units) to relate τ and Mo for 18 ≦ log10Mo < 22. Coefficients for the above τ-ML and τ-Mo relationships are established for three seismographs of differing responseKeywords
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