Open AccessMAGNITUDE AND ENERGY OF EARTHQUAKES
Author(s) -
B. Gutenberg,
C. F. Richter
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
annals of geophysics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 2037-416X
pISSN - 1593-5213
DOI - 10.4401/ag-5590
Subject(s) - magnitude (astronomy) , geology , seismology , relation (database) , energy (signal processing) , continuation , earthquake magnitude , geodesy , statistics , geometry , physics , mathematics , computer science , data mining , astronomy , scaling , programming language
This paper is in continuation of previous investigations (Gutenberg
and Richter, Paper I, 1942; Paper I I , 1956).
The earthquake magnitude has statistical and other uses independent
of the relation between magnitude and energy. Indeed, it is possible
that there is no complete one-to-one correlation between magnitude
and energy for large and complex tectonic events. Even so, a
mean or representative relation is a legitimate object of inquiry
and Richter, Paper I, 1942; Paper I I , 1956).
The earthquake magnitude has statistical and other uses independent
of the relation between magnitude and energy. Indeed, it is possible
that there is no complete one-to-one correlation between magnitude
and energy for large and complex tectonic events. Even so, a
mean or representative relation is a legitimate object of inquiry
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