relation: https://episodesplatform.eu/eprints/1532/
title: Earthquake  "Quanta" as an Explanation for Observed Magnitudes and Stress Drops
creator: Sacks, Selwyn
creator: Rydelek, Paul
subject: Source size distribution
description: 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.
publisher: Seismological Society of America
date: 1995-06
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
identifier:   Sacks, Selwyn and Rydelek, Paul  (1995) Earthquake "Quanta" as an Explanation for Observed Magnitudes and Stress Drops.  Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 85 (3).  pp. 808-813.