Seismic hazard in finland: evaluation of Mmax

Kijko, Andrzej and Ahjos, Tellervo (1985) Seismic hazard in finland: evaluation of Mmax. Geophysica, 21 (1). pp. 39-50.

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Abstract

The truncated Gutemberg-Richter frequency-magnitude relationship in conjunction with a Poisson distribution is used to develop an asymptotic distribution of extreme values. This model is applied to estimate M_max and to estimate the probability of occurrence of earthquakes in Finland, using for earthquakes occurring throughout the period 1700-1979. The earthquake with the greatest magnitude within a ten-year period was used. The application of maximum likelihood procedure for the parameter estimation provides M_max=5.0±0.1.

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Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Methodology > Method and procesing > Collective properties of seismicity > Source size distribution Methodology > Method and procesing > Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis - stationary > Source effect
Project:	IS-EPOS project