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physics.geo-ph2009★ 99 cited
Statistical Distributions of Earthquake Numbers: Consequence of Branching Process
Yan Y. Kagan
We discuss various statistical distributions of earthquake numbers. Previously we derived several discrete distributions to describe earthquake numbers for the branching model of e…
physics.geo-ph2009★ 96 cited
Earthquake Size Distribution: Power-Law with Exponent Beta = 1/2?
Yan Y. Kagan
We propose that the widely observed and universal Gutenberg-Richter relation is a mathematical consequence of the critical branching nature of earthquake process in a brittle fract…