Open AccessUsing magnetograms for earthquake magnitude evaluation
Author(s) -
Batlló J.,
Arrazola D.,
Ugalde A.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2005eo480003
Subject(s) - magnitude (astronomy) , seismology , earth's magnetic field , earthquake prediction , geology , earthquake magnitude , remote sensing , geodesy , physics , mathematics , magnetic field , geometry , quantum mechanics , astronomy , scaling
Recent research into the feasibility of calculating past earthquake magnitudes from old geomagnetic records on photographic paper has yielded promising results. Such a tool will help to complete seismic catalogues and thus more accurately assess seismic hazards.