@article{epos1446,
          volume = {161},
          number = {8},
          author = {Andrzej Kijko},
           title = {Estimation of the Maximum Earthquake Magnitude, m max},
       publisher = {Springer Verlag},
         journal = {Pure and Applied Geophysics},
           pages = {1655--1681},
            year = {2004},
        keywords = {Seismic hazard, maximum earthquake magnitude m max},
             url = {https://episodesplatform.eu/eprints/1446/},
        abstract = {This paper provides a generic equation for the evaluation of the maximum earthquake magnitude m max for a given seismogenic zone or entire region. The equation is capable of generating solutions in different forms, depending on the assumptions of the statistical distribution model and/or the available information regarding past seismicity. It includes the cases (i) when earthquake magnitudes are distributed according to the doubly-truncated Gutenberg-Richter relation, (ii) when the empirical magnitude distribution deviates moderately from the Gutenberg-Richter relation, and (iii) when no specific type of magnitude distribution is assumed. Both synthetic, Monte-Carlo simulated seismic event catalogues, and actual data from Southern California, are used to demonstrate the procedures given for the evaluation of m max.
The three estimates of m max for Southern California, obtained by the three procedures mentioned above, are respectively: 8.32 {$\pm$} 0.43, 8.31 {$\pm$} 0.42 and 8.34 {$\pm$} 0.45. All three estimates are nearly identical, although higher than the value 7.99 obtained by Field et al. (1999). In general, since the third procedure is non-parametric and does not require specification of the functional form of the magnitude distribution, its estimate of the maximum earthquake magnitude m max is considered more reliable than the other two which are based on the Gutenberg-Richter relation.}
}