Effect of the Sumatran mega-earthquake on the global magnitude cut-off and event rate

作者: Ian G. Main , Lun Li , John McCloskey , Mark Naylor

DOI: 10.1038/NGEO141

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摘要: The great Sumatran earthquake of 2004 allows us to assess the statistics and statistical stability global catalogue from digital era. A key question is: do such mega-earthquakes continue follow Gutenberg–Richter (G–R) trend1, or is there an observable cut-off2?

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