https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2015-60441-6
Regular Article
Scale-invariant structure of earthquake energy fluctuations for different faulting styles
Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Beijing
100049, P.R.
China
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e-mail: pwang@ihep.ac.cn
Received:
2
June
2015
Received in final form:
19
June
2015
Published online:
12
August
2015
The probability density functions (PDFs) of earthquake energy fluctuations at different times have fat tails with a q-Gaussian form. We analyze the PDFs of energy fluctuations for different faulting styles and the relationship between the deviation from the Gaussian distribution and the faulting style. There are common features between the b-value and q-parameter dependence on the faulting styles. We suggest that the deviation from Gaussian distribution for the PDFs of earthquake energy fluctuation may be a useful indicator in earthquake-hazard research.
Key words: Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2015
