<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Estimation of the Maximum Earthquake Magnitude, m max"^^ . "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.\nThe three estimates of m max for Southern California, obtained by the three procedures mentioned above, are respectively: 8.32 ± 0.43, 8.31 ± 0.42 and 8.34 ± 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."^^ . "2004" . . "161" . "8" . . "Springer Verlag"^^ . . . "Pure and Applied Geophysics"^^ . . . "00334553" . . . . . . . "Andrzej"^^ . "Kijko"^^ . "Andrzej Kijko"^^ . . "Council for Geoscience, South Africa"^^ . . . . . . "HTML Summary of #1446 \n\nEstimation of the Maximum Earthquake Magnitude, m max\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Source size distribution" . . . "Source effect" . .