Empirical calibration of local magnitude data sets versus moment magnitude in Italy

Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2227-2246

  Gasperini, Paolo ^a   Lolli, Barbara ^b   Vannucci, Gianfranco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE CORRECTIONS; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; EMPIRICAL CALIBRATION; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; ORTHOGONAL REGRESSION; REGRESSION COEFFICIENT; TRIAL-AND-ERROR PROCEDURES;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EARTHQUAKES;

CALIBRATION; DATA SET; EARTHQUAKE CATALOGUE; EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; EARTHQUAKE RECURRENCE; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEISMIC MOMENT; SEISMIC ZONE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ITALY;

EID: 84881046641     PISSN: 00371106     EISSN: 19433573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1785/0120120356     Document Type: Article

References (62)

1. Aki, K. (1965). Maximum likelihood estimate of b in the formula log N = A - bM and its confidence limits, Bull. Earthq. Res. Inst. Tokyo Univ. 43, 237-239.
2. Aki, K. (1969). Analysis of the seismic coda of local earthquakes as scattered waves, J. Geophys. Res. 74, 615-631.
3. Aki, K., and B. Chouet (1975). Origin of coda waves: Source, attenuation, and scattering effect, J. Geophys. Res. 80, 3322-3342.
4. Amato, A., and F. M. Mele (2008). Performance of the INGV National Seismic Network from 1997 to 2007, Ann. Geophys. 51, 417-431.
5. Amato, A., L. Badiali, M. Cattaneo, A. Delladio, F. Doumaz, and F Mele (2006). The real-time earthquake monitoring system in Italy, Geosci-ences (BGRM) 4, 70-75.
6. Anderson, J. A., and H. O. Wood (1925). Description and theory of the torsion seismometer, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 15, 1-72.
7. Anderson, J. G., and J. E. Luco (1983). Consequences of slip rate constraints on earthquake occurrence relation, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 73, 471-496.
8. Arvidsson, R., and G. Ekström (1998). Global CMT analysis of moderate earthquakes Mw >4:5 using intermediate period surface waves, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am 88, 1003-1013.
9. Aurelio, V., R. Console, and C. Gasparini (1973). La magnitudo calcolata mediante sismografi a breve periodo, Ann. Geofisc. 31/1, 693-703.
10. Bakun, W. H. (1984). Magnitudes and moments of duration, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 74, 2335-2356.
11. Bethmann, F, N. Deichmann, and P. M. Mai (2011). Scaling relations of local magnitude versus moment magnitude for sequences of similar earthquakes in Switzerland, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 101, 515-534, doi: 10.1785/0120100179.
12. Bindi, D., D. Spallarossa, C. Eva, and M. Cattaneo (2005). Local and duration magnitude in Northwestern Italy and seismic moment versus magnitude relationships, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 95, no. 2, 592-604.
13. Boschi, E., D. Giardini, and A. Morelli (1991). MEDNET-The very Broad-Band seismic network for the Mediterranean, Nuovo Cimento della Società Italian di Fisica, C-Geophysics and Space Physics 14/1, 79-99, doi: 10.1007/BF02509260.
14. Castellaro, S., F Mulargia, and Y. Y. Kagan (2006). Regression problems for magnitudes, Geophys. J. Int. 165, 913-930.
15. Castello, B., M. Olivieri, and G. Selvaggi (2007). Local and duration magnitude determination for the Italian Earthquake Catalog, 1981-2002, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 97, 128-139.
16. Console, R., B. De Simoni, and A. Di Sanza (1989). Riesame della relazione magnitudo-distanza, in Proc. VII Conference of the Gruppo Nazionale di Geofisica della Terra Solida (GNGTS), Rome, 30 November-2 December 1988, 51-61.
17. CPTI Working Group (2004). Catalogo Parametrico dei Terremoti Italiani, versione 2004 (CPTI04), INGV, Bologna, see Data and Resources section.
18. De Simoni, B. (1981). Analisi comparativa delle magnitudo per la Rete Sis-mica Nazionale, in Proc. Seminario sulla magnitudo, 27 March 1981, Rome, 19-32.
19. Deichmann, N. (2006). Local magnitude, a moment revisited, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 96, 1267-1277, doi: 10.1785/0120050115.
20. Di Filippo, D., and L. Marcelli (1949). La Magnitudo dei terremoti e la sua determinazione nella stazione sismica di Roma, Ann. Geofisc. 2, no. 1, 486-492.
21. Di Filippo, D., and L. Marcelli (1950). Magnitudo ed energia dei terremoti in Italia, Ann. Geofisc. 3, 337-348.
22. Draper, N., and H. Smith (1981). Applied Regression Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 709 pp.
23. Dreger, D. S. (2003). TDMT_INV: Time domain seismic moment tensor inversion, in International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology, W. H. K. Lee, H. Kanamori, P. C. Jennings, and C. Kisslinger (Editors), Vol. B, Academic Press, Elsevier Science, London, 1627 pp.
24. Dreger, D. S., and D. V. Helmberger (1993). Determination of source parameters at regional distances with 3-component sparse network data, J. Geophys. Res. 98, 8107-8125.
25. Dziewonski, A. M., T.-A. Chou, and J. Woodhouse (1981). Determination of earthquake source parameters from waveform data for studies of global and regional seismicity, J. Geophys. Res. 86, 2825-2852.
26. Eaton, J. P. (1992). Determination of amplitude and duration magnitudes and site residuals from short-period seismographs in Northern California, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 82, 533-579.
27. Ekström, G., A. Morelli, E. Boschi, and A. M. Dziewonski (1998). Moment tensor analysis of the central Italy earthquake, sequence of September- October 1997, Geophys. Res. Lett. 25, 1971-1974.
28. Finetti, I., and C. Morelli (1972). Earthquake magnitude determination for Trieste WWSS station, Boll. Geof. Teor. Appl. XIV, 67-83.
29. Fuller, W. A. (1987). Measurement Error Models, John Wiley, New York, 440 pp.
30. Gasperini, P. (2002). Local magnitude revaluation for recent Italian earthquakes (1981-1996), J. Seismol. 6, 503-524.
31. Gasperini, P., and G. Ferrari (2000). Deriving numerical estimates from descriptive information: The computation of earthquake parameters, Ann. Geofisc. 43, no. 4, 729-746.
32. Gasperini, P., B. Lolli, G. Vannucci, and E. Boschi (2012). A comparison of moment magnitude estimates for the European-Mediterranean and Italian regions, Geophys. J. Int. 190, 1733-1745, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05575.x.
33. Gutenberg, B., and C. F. Richter (1942). Earthquake magnitude, intensity, energy, and acceleration, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 32, 163-191.
34. Gutenberg, B., and C. F. Richter (1944). Frequency of earthquakes in California, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 34, 185-188.
35. Hanks, C., and H. Kanamori (1979). A moment magnitude scale, J. Geophys. Res. 84, 2348-2350.
36. Helffrich, G. R. (1997). How good are routinely determined focal mechanisms? Empirical statistics based on a comparison of Harvard, USGS and ERI moment tensors, Geophys. J. Int. 131, 741-750.
37. Hutton, L. K., and M. Boore (1987). The ML scale in southern California, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 77, 2074-2094.
38. ING (1996). Seismic catalog, open file, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica, Rome.
39. Jennings, P. C., and H. Kanamori (1983). Effect of distance of local magnitudes found from strong-motion records, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 73, 265-280.
40. Johnston, A. C. (1996). Seismic moment assessment of earthquakes in stable continental regions-I. Instrumental seismicity, Geophys. J. Int. 124, 381-414.
41. Kagan, Y. Y. (1991). Seismic moment distribution, Geophys. J. Int. 106, 123-134.
42. Kagan, Y. Y. (2002). Seismic moment distribution revisited: I. Statistical results, Geophys. J. Int. 148, 520-541.
43. Kagan, Y. Y. (2003). Accuracy of modern global earthquake catalogs, Phys. Earth Planet. In. 135, no. 2-3, 173-209.
44. Kim, W. Y. (1998). The ML scale in eastern North America, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 88, 935-951.
45. Kiratzi, A. A., and B. C. Papazachos (1984). Magnitude scales for earthquake in Greece, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 74, 969-985.
46. Krystek, M., and M. Anton (2007). A weighted total least-squares algorithm for fitting a straight line, Meas. Sci. Tech. 22, 3438-3442.
47. Lee, W. H. K., R. E. Bennet, and K. L. Meagher (1972). A method of estimating magnitude of local earthquakes from signal duration, U.S. Geol. Surv. Open-File Rept., 28 pp.
48. Lolli, B., and P. Gasperini (2012). A comparison among general orthogonal regression methods applied to earthquakes magnitude conversions, Geo-phys. J. Int. 190, 1135-1151, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2012.05530.x.
49. Lolli, B., P. Gasperini, and E. Boschi (2011). Time variations of aftershock decay parameters of the 2009 April 6 L'Aquila (central Italy) earthquake: Evidence of the emergence of a negative exponential regime superimposed to the power law, Geophys. J. Int. 185, 764-774, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.04967.x.
50. Malagnini, L., R. B. Herrman, and N. Di Bona (1999). Ground motion scaling in the Apennines (Italy), Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 90, 1062-1081.
51. Margottini, C., N. N. Ambraseys, and A. Screpanti (1993). La magnitudo dei terremoti italiani del XX Secolo, E.N.E.A. Internal Publication, Rome, 57 pp.
52. Mazza, S. (1996). Magml, programma per il calcolo della magnitudo ML da dati Broad-Band, Open File, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica, Rome.
53. Mazza, S., A. Morelli, and E. Boschi (1998). Near real-time data collection and processing at MEDNET, Eos Trans. AGU 79, F569.
54. MPS Working Group (2004). Redazione della mappa di pericolosità sismica prevista dall'Ordinanza P.C.M. 3274 del 20 marzo 2002, Rapporto conclusivo per il Dipartimento della Protezione Civile, INGV Milano-Roma, 65 pp., see Data and Resources section.
55. OGS (1978-1985). W.W.S.S. Station TRI 117 Seismological Bulletin, Trieste.
56. OGS (1986-1989). W.W.S.S. Station TRI 117 Preliminary Bulletin, Trieste.
57. Richter, C. F. (1935). An instrumental earthquake magnitude scale, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 25, 1-31.
58. Schorlemmer, D., F. Mele, and W. Marzocchi (2010). A completeness analysis of the National Seismic Network of Italy, J. Geophys. Res. 115, B04308, doi: 10.1029/2008JB006097.
59. Schwartz, D. P., and K. J. Coppersmith (1984). Fault behavior and characteristic earthquakes: Examples from the Wasatch and San Andreas fault zones, J. Geophys. Res. 89, no. 7, 5681-5698, doi: 10.1029/ JB089iB07p05681.
60. Stromeyer, D., G. Grünthal, and R. Wahlström (2004). Chi-square regression for seismic strength parameter relations, and their uncertainties, with applications to an Mw based earthquake catalogue for central, northern and northwestern Europe, J. Seismol. 8, no. 1, 143-153.
61. Uhrhammer, R. A., and E. R. Collins (1990). Synthesis of Wood-Anderson seismograms from broadband digital records, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 80, 702-716.
62. Uhrhammer, R. A., S. Loper, and B. Romanowicz (1996). Determination of local magnitude using BDSN broadband records, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 86, 1314-1330.