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Similarity of anomalous sea level pressure fields during the July 1986 and September 1987 southern California Quakes—Accidental or Indicative?
Author(s) -
Namias Jerome
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl015i004p00350
Subject(s) - anomaly (physics) , geology , antecedent (behavioral psychology) , climatology , series (stratigraphy) , seismology , sea level , oceanography , paleontology , psychology , developmental psychology , physics , condensed matter physics
Moderate size earthquakes in Southern California in July 1986 and October 1987 were associated with similar antecedent monthly mean anomaly patterns of sea level pressure over the far western contiguous United States and eastern North Pacific. This apparent relationship and a long time series of such patterns in past Julys and Octobers suggest that further research of this nature might be of value in earthquake prediction.