Hypocenter interval statistics between successive earthquakes in the two-dimensional Burridge-Knopoff model

Abstract

We study statistical properties of spatial distances between successive earthquakes, the so-called hypocenter intervals, produced by a two-dimensional (2D) Burridge-Knopoff model involving stick-slip behavior. It is found that cumulative distributions of hypocenter intervals can be described by the $q$-exponential distributions with $q<1$, which is also observed in nature. The statistics depend on a friction and stiffness parameters characterizing the model and a threshold of magnitude. The conjecture which states that $q_t+q_r\sim 2$, where $q_t$ and $q_r$ are an entropy index of time intervals and spatial intervals, respectively, can be reproduced semi-quantitatively. It is concluded that we provide a new perspective on the Burridge-Knopoff model which addresses that the model can be recognized as a realistic one in view of the reproduction of the spatio-temporal interval statistics of earthquakes on the basis of nonextensive statistical mechanics.

9 pages, 4 figures

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