https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2010-10503-4
Simulation study of the inhomogeneous Olami-Feder-Christensen model of earthquakes
Department of Earth and Space Science, Faculty of Science,
Osaka University, Toyonaka, 560-0043, Japan
Corresponding author: a kawamura@ess.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp
Received:
29
June
2010
Revised:
17
August
2010
Published online:
12
October
2010
Statistical properties of the inhomogeneous version of the Olami-Feder-Christensen (OFC) model of earthquakes is investigated by numerical simulations. The spatial inhomogeneity is assumed to be dynamical. Critical features found in the original homogeneous OFC model, e.g., the Gutenberg-Richter law and the Omori law are often weakened or suppressed in the presence of inhomogeneity, whereas the characteristic features found in the original homogeneous OFC model, e.g., the near-periodic recurrence of large events and the asperity-like phenomena persist.
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2010
