@article{epos1532,
          volume = {85},
          number = {3},
           month = {June},
          author = {Selwyn Sacks and Paul Rydelek},
           title = {Earthquake  "Quanta" as an Explanation for Observed Magnitudes and Stress Drops},
       publisher = {Seismological Society of America},
            year = {1995},
         journal = {Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America},
           pages = {808--813},
             url = {https://episodesplatform.eu/eprints/1532/},
        abstract = {The familiar linear relation (Gutenberg-Richter) between the logarithm 
of  the  number  of  earthquakes  and  their  magnitude  is  commonly  ascribed  to  the 
distribution  (fractal) of fault  sizes  in  a  self-similar process.  We  show  that  a  concept 
of earthquake  quanta  whose  failure is  governed by  simple  physics  and  suggested by 
observations  explains not only the Gutenberg-Richter relation but also the relatively 
constant  stress  drop  for larger  magnitude  events.  Results  from  computer  simulation 
are  consistent with  observations  from detailed  seismicity studies.}
}