%0 Journal Article
%@ 0367-4231
%A Kijko, Andrzej
%A Ahjos, Tellervo
%A Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland,
%A institute of Seismology, University of Helsinki, Finland,
%D 1985
%F epos:228
%I the Geophysical Society of Finland
%J Geophysica
%N 1
%P 39-50
%T Seismic hazard in finland: evaluation of Mmax
%U https://episodesplatform.eu/eprints/228/
%V 21
%X 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.